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Ni⋅sei

  [nee-sey, nee-sey]
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–noun, plural -sei.
a person of Japanese descent, born and educated in the U.S. or Canada.
Also, nisei.
Compare Issei, Kibei, Sansei.

Origin:
1940–45, Americanism; < Japn: lit., second generation; earlier ni-seĩ < MChin, equiv. to Chin èr two, second + shēng birth
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Ni·sei   (nē-sā', nē'sā')   
n.   pl. Nisei or Ni·seis
A person born to parents who emigrated from Japan.

[Japanese : ni, second (from Middle Chinese nyih, ri) + sei, generation; see issei.]
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Cultural Dictionary

Nisei [(nee-say, nee-say)]

Persons whose parents were born in Japan but who were themselves born outside Japan. Many Nisei were moved by force in the internment of Japanese Americans in World War II.

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Word Origin & History

nisei 
"American born of Japanese parents," 1943, from Jap. ni- "second" + sei "generation."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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