Nisei

   [nē′sā′]

 

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noun pl. nisei or niseis

a native U.S. or Canadian citizen born of immigrant Japanese parents and educated in America

Origin: Jpn, lit., second generation

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noun pl. Nisei Nisei or Ni·seis
A person born to parents who emigrated from Japan.

Origin: Japanese : ni, second (from Middle Chinese nyih, ri) + sei, generation; see issei .

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nisei - Cultural Definition

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Persons whose parents were born in Japan but who were themselves born outside Japan. Many Nisei were moved by force in the internment of Japanese Americans in World War II.

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Nisei

Variant of nisei

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noun pl. nisei or niseis

a native U.S. or Canadian citizen born of immigrant Japanese parents and educated in America

Origin: Jpn, lit., second generation

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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