Matsudaira

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proper noun

A surname from Japanese.

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Meanings

proper nounMatsudaira (plural Matsudairas)

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, page vi
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    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

    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

Origin

  1. Japanese松平
  2. EnglishMatsudaira

Borrowed from Japanese 松平 (Matsudaira).

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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