Satsuma
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Satsuma may refer to:
- Satsuma (fruit), a citrus fruit
- Satsuma (gastropod)Satsuma (gastropod)Satsuma is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Camaenidae.-Species:Species within the genus Satsuma include:* Satsuma japonica* Satsuma myomphala* Satsuma omphaloides...
, a genus of land snails
In Japan
- Satsuma, KagoshimaSatsuma, Kagoshimais a town located in Satsuma District, Kagoshima, Japan.The town was formed March 22, 2005 from the merger of the towns of Miyanojō, Tsuruda, and a former town with the English name of Satsuma , all from Satsuma District....
, a Japanese town - Satsuma District, KagoshimaSatsuma District, Kagoshimais a district located in Kagoshima, Japan. As of the March 22, 2005 merger the district consists of the single town of Satsuma.-Mergers:*On October 12, 2004 the old city of Sendai, the towns of Hiwaki, Iriki, Kedōin and Tōgō, and the villages of Kamikoshiki, Kashima, Sato and Shimokoshiki merged...
, a district in Kagoshima Prefecture - Satsuma ProvinceSatsuma Provincewas an old province of Japan that is now the western half of Kagoshima Prefecture on the island of Kyūshū. Its abbreviation is Sasshū .During the Sengoku Period, Satsuma was a fief of the Shimazu daimyo, who ruled much of southern Kyūshū from their castle at Kagoshima city.In 1871, with the...
, a former province which is now the western half of Kagoshima Prefecture - Satsuma Domain, a Japanese feudal domain comprising Satsuma Province, Ōsumi Province, and parts of Hyuga Province
- Satsuma PeninsulaSatsuma Peninsulathumb|right|240px|Landsat imageThe Satsuma Peninsula is a peninsula which projects south from the southwest part of Kyūshū Island, Japan. To the west lies the East China Sea, while to the east it faces the Osumi Peninsula across Kagoshima Bay...
, a peninsula in Kagoshima Prefecture - Japanese battleship SatsumaJapanese battleship Satsuma|-External links:**...
, a battleship of the Imperial Japanese Navy
Other
- Satsuma plum, a type of plumPlumA plum or gage is a stone fruit tree in the genus Prunus, subgenus Prunus. The subgenus is distinguished from other subgenera in the shoots having a terminal bud and solitary side buds , the flowers in groups of one to five together on short stems, and the fruit having a groove running down one...
- Satsuma, AlabamaSatsuma, AlabamaSatsuma is a city in Mobile County, Alabama, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 5,687. It is a part of the Mobile metropolitan statistical area.-Geography:Satsuma is located at .According to the U.S...
, United States - Satsuma, LouisianaSatsuma, LouisianaSatsuma is a town in Louisiana, in the United States. It owes its origin to the very necessary US Post Office Department rule which does not permit two post offices in the same state to have the same name. Satsuma is located on US Hwy...
, United States - Satsuma, TexasSatsuma, TexasSatsuma is an area in northern unincorporated Harris County, Texas, United States.Satsuma is located along U.S. Highway 290 southeast of the community of Cypress and northwest of the city of Jersey Village....
, United States - Satsuma, Florida, United States
See also
- Satsuma RebellionSatsuma RebellionThe was a revolt of Satsuma ex-samurai against the Meiji government from January 29 to September 24, 1877, 9 years into the Meiji Era. It was the last, and the most serious, of a series of armed uprisings against the new government.-Background:...
, a revolt - Satsuma wareSatsuma ware]Satsuma ware , sometimes referred to as "Satsuma porcelain", is a type of Japanese earthenware pottery. It originated in the late 16th century, during the Azuchi-Momoyama period, and is still produced today...
, a type of Japanese pottery - BiwaBiwaThe is a Japanese short-necked fretted lute, often used in narrative storytelling. The biwa is the chosen instrument of Benten, goddess of music, eloquence, poetry, and education in Japanese Shinto....
, a lute with a form known as Satsuma biwa