Hosokawa

name

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from Japanese.

    "After two years with the Singapore Herald and the Far Eastern Review in Shanghai, William Hosokawa returned to the United States for a career on western newspapers."

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"After two years with the Singapore Herald and the Far Eastern Review in Shanghai, William Hosokawa returned to the United States for a career on western newspapers."

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 細川 (Hosokawa).

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