Hirabayashi

H4I1R1A1B3A1Y4A1S1H4I1

proper noun

A surname from Japanese.

OriginJapanese 平林 →
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Meanings

proper nounHirabayashi (plural Hirabayashis)

plural Hirabayashis

  1. A surname from Japanese.

    On the morning of May 16, 1942, Gordon Kiyoshi Hirabayashi arrived at the FBI office in Seattle, accompanied by a local lawyer, Arthur Barnett.

    1983, Peter Irons, Justice at War: The Story of the Japanese-American Internment Cases, University of California Press, published 1993, pages 87–88

Origin

  1. Japanese平林
  2. EnglishHirabayashi

Borrowed from Japanese 平林 (Hirabayashi).

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APA

Hirabayashi. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hirabayashi

MLA

“Hirabayashi.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hirabayashi. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Hirabayashi,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hirabayashi.

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