Well attestedNamed through a historical place-name
satsuma
noun · first attested 19th century
The orange is named for a former Japanese province.
A seedless, easily peeled mandarin orange.
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Record
- Relationship
- Named through a historical place-name
- Confidence
- Well attestedThe place link is the standard scholarly account.
- Attested
- 19th century
- Part of speech
- noun
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Satsuma Province
- In English
satsuma
Satsuma was a province in southern Kyūshū, abolished in the 1870s. The fruit reached the West under the old provincial name and kept it.
Japan
All 18 entries 17 more words from Japan
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