Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

matsudaira

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.81 in modern English

Syllables: mat-su-daira
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Japanese.

Example Sentences

"Staff assistance was provided by Council Director Martin Matsudaira."
"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."
"Kinjiro Matsudaira became the first Japanese American mayor in the United States when the city of Edmonston, Maryland, elected him in 1927."
"Hew Choy Leung and Paul Matsudaira were the NUS and MIT coordinators for this joint program."

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 松平 (Matsudaira).

Origin

Source language: Japanese

Word Breakdown

Root: 松平

Inflected Forms

Matsudairas (plural)

Questions

What does matsudaira mean?: A surname from Japanese.
Where does matsudaira come from?: It is traced to Japanese.

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