| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| Nisei |
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| SYLLABICATION: | Ni·sei |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  n -s  , ns |
| NOUN: | Inflected forms: pl. Nisei or Ni·seis
A person born in America of parents who emigrated from Japan. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Japanese : ni, second (from Middle Chinese nyih, ri) + sei, generation; see issei.
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