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Matsudaira

Matsudaira proper noun: a surname from Japanese.

Proper noun

Matsudaira (plural Matsudairas)

  1. A surname from Japanese.
    • Staff assistance was provided by Council Director Martin Matsudaira.1973, Staff writer(s), Report to the Governor on Discrimination Against Asians: Public Hearing Conducted on March 3, 1973, Seattle, Washington, Washington (State). Asian-American Advisory Council...
    • Zoe Dusanne, one of the area's first gallery owners, took an interest in four of the young Japanese painters -- Nomura, Tsutakawa, Horiuchi and John Matsudaira, a Nisei painter in the area.1982, Mayumi Tsutakawa and Alan Chong Lau, Turning Shadows Into Light: Art and Culture of the Northwest's Early Asian/Pacific Community, Young Pine Press, page 1901

Examples of Matsudaira in a sentence

  • Kinjiro Matsudaira became the first Japanese American mayor in the United States when the city of Edmonston, Maryland, elected him in 1927.1996, Yoji Yamaguchi, A Student's Guide to Japanese American Genealogy, Greenwood Publishing Group, page 50:
  • Hew Choy Leung and Paul Matsudaira were the NUS and MIT coordinators for this joint program.2016, Lim Hock, Phua Kok Khoo and Tan Bernard, 50 Years of Science in Singapore, World Scientific, page 197

Forms of Matsudaira

pluralMatsudairas

Origin of Matsudaira

Borrowed from Japanese 松平 (Matsudaira).

Questions about Matsudaira

What does Matsudaira mean?
Matsudaira means a surname from Japanese.
How do you use Matsudaira in a sentence?
Kinjiro Matsudaira became the first Japanese American mayor in the United States when the city of Edmonston, Maryland, elected him in 1927.
What part of speech is Matsudaira?
Matsudaira is a proper noun.

Words near Matsudaira in the dictionary

  1. matsu
  2. Matsuba
  3. Matsubara
  4. Matsubaras
  5. Matsuda
  6. Matsudaira
  7. Matsudairas
  8. Matsudas
  9. Matsudo
  10. Matsue
  11. Matsui

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