Standard Lemma guide

satsuma

name · noun · 8 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /sætˈsuː.mə/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: /sætˈsu.mə/
  • US: /ˈsæt.səˌmɑ/
  • rhymes with -uːmə
  • CMU ARPABET: S AE2 T S UW1 M AH0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A former province of Japan, now the western half of Kagoshima Prefecture.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: historical

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

A number of places in the United States:

A city in Mobile County, Alabama, named after satsuma oranges grown there.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

name

Meaning 3

A number of places in the United States:

An unincorporated community in Putnam County, Florida.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

name

Meaning 4

A number of places in the United States:

An unincorporated community in Livingston Parish, Louisiana, renamed from Stafford (for post office reasons) for a satsuma orchard.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

name

Meaning 5

A number of places in the United States:

An unincorporated community in Harris County, Texas, named for planned satsuma groves.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Ashford

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

A seedless and easy-peeling cultivar of mandarin orange of Japanese origin; Citrus unshiu.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: mikan

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

medium-sized largely seedless mandarin orange with thin smooth skin

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: mandarin, mandarin orange

8

noun

Meaning 8

a variety of mandarin orange

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: satsuma tree

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: mandarin, mandarin orange, mandarin orange tree, Citrus reticulata

History

Etymology

After a Japanese place name in Kyūshū, 薩摩 (さつま, Satsuma), from where it was first exported to the west.

Across languages

Translations

21 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: nartjie — seedless cultivar of tangerine
  • Finnish: satsuma — seedless cultivar of tangerine
  • German: Satsuma — seedless cultivar of tangerine
  • Italian: miyagawa — seedless cultivar of tangerine
  • Italian: satsuma — seedless cultivar of tangerine
  • Japanese: 温州蜜柑 — seedless cultivar of tangerine
  • Japanese: 温州ミカン — seedless cultivar of tangerine
  • Japanese: 温州みかん (Unshū mikan) — seedless cultivar of tangerine
  • Japanese: 蜜柑 — seedless cultivar of tangerine
  • Japanese: ミカン — seedless cultivar of tangerine
  • Japanese: みかん (mikan) — seedless cultivar of tangerine
  • Korean: 온주밀감 (onjumilgam) — seedless cultivar of tangerine
  • Korean: 밀감 (milgam) — seedless cultivar of tangerine
  • Korean: 감귤 (gamgyul) — seedless cultivar of tangerine
  • Malay: satsuma — seedless cultivar of tangerine
  • Polish: mandarynka Satsuma — seedless cultivar of tangerine
  • Portuguese: micã — seedless cultivar of tangerine
  • Portuguese: mikan — seedless cultivar of tangerine
  • Portuguese: mikã — seedless cultivar of tangerine
  • Swedish: satsuma — seedless cultivar of tangerine
  • Turkish: satsuma — seedless cultivar of tangerine