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Ha⋅ya⋅ka⋅wa

  [hah-yuh-kah-wuh]
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–noun
1. S(amuel) I(chi⋅ye)  [i-chee-ey] , 1906–92, U.S. semanticist, educator, and politician, born in Canada: senator 1977–83.
2. Ses⋅sue  [sesh-oo; Japn. se-shoo] , 1889–1973, Japanese film actor.
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Ha·ya·ka·wa   (hī'ə-kou'ə)   
Canadian-born American philologist, educator, and legislator. Noted for his writings on general semantics, such as Language in Action (1941), he was also president of San Francisco State College (1968-1973) and a U.S. senator from California (1977-1983).
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