satsuma

Meanings

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

1. A former province of Japan, now the western half of Kagoshima Prefecture.
2. A number of places in the United States:
3. A city in Mobile County, Alabama, named after satsuma oranges grown there.
4. An unincorporated community in Putnam County, Florida.
5. An unincorporated community in Livingston Parish, Louisiana, renamed from Stafford (for post office reasons) for a satsuma orchard.
6. An unincorporated community in Harris County, Texas, named for planned satsuma groves.

Etymology

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