"Matsudaira" meaning in English

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Proper name

Forms: Matsudairas [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 松平 (Matsudaira). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ja|松平|tr=Matsudaira}} Japanese 松平 (Matsudaira) Head templates: {{en-proper noun|Matsudairas}} Matsudaira (plural Matsudairas)
  1. A surname from Japanese.
    Sense id: en-Matsudaira-en-name-rHUjO6wz Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English surnames, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries
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          "ref": "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",
          "text": "Staff assistance was provided by Council Director Martin Matsudaira."
        },
        {
          "ref": "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",
          "text": "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."
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          "ref": "1996, Yoji Yamaguchi, A Student's Guide to Japanese American Genealogy, Greenwood Publishing Group, page 50:",
          "text": "Kinjiro Matsudaira became the first Japanese American mayor in the United States when the city of Edmonston, Maryland, elected him in 1927.",
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          "ref": "2016, Lim Hock, Phua Kok Khoo and Tan Bernard, 50 Years of Science in Singapore, World Scientific, page 197",
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        },
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          "ref": "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",
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