satsuma

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[satˈsuːmə], (Noun)

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- a tangerine of a hardy loose-skinned variety, originally grown in Japan

- Japanese pottery from Satsuma, ranging from simple 17th-century earthenware to later work made for export to Europe, often elaborately painted, with a crackled cream-coloured glaze


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late 19th century: named after the province Satsuma


[ˈsats(j)ʊmə], (Noun)

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- a former province of south-western Japan. It comprised the major part of the south-western peninsula of Kyushu island, also known as the Satsuma Peninsula


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