Satsuma

[ sat-soo-muh, sat-suh-muh Japanese sah-tsoo-mah ]

noun
  1. a former province on S Kyushu, in SW Japan: famous for its porcelain ware.

  2. (lowercase) a kind of mandarin orange.

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How to use Satsuma in a sentence

  • And with that the man from Satsuma trod on him as he lay there, and spat upon him, and went away indignantly.

    Tales of Fantasy and Fact | Brander Matthews
  • But they were totally defeated by the troops of Aidzu and Satsuma, who guarded the city.

    Japan | Various
  • The saddest and the gravest case, however, was that of the Satsuma war, which took place in 1877.

    A Fantasy of Far Japan | Baron Kencho Suyematsu
  • There was another group of men, differing from both, namely, the partisans of the real father of the Prince of Satsuma.

    A Fantasy of Far Japan | Baron Kencho Suyematsu
  • I have always understood that Satsuma and Chosiu were fierce anti-foreign clans.'

    A Fantasy of Far Japan | Baron Kencho Suyematsu

British Dictionary definitions for satsuma (1 of 2)

satsuma

/ (sætˈsuːmə) /


noun
  1. a small citrus tree, Citrus nobilis var. unshiu, cultivated, esp in Japan, for its edible fruit

  2. the fruit of this tree, which has a loose rind and easily separable segments

Origin of satsuma

1
C19: originally from the province of Satsuma, Japan

British Dictionary definitions for Satsuma (2 of 2)

Satsuma

/ (ˈsætsʊˌmɑː) /


noun
  1. a former province of SW Japan, on S Kyushu: famous for its porcelain

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