Is "みかさ" a synonym for Tangerine or Mandarin (orange)


I took 3 years of Japanese starting in 1996. A lot has obviously worn off in
the last 20 years, but one word that really stuck out was "Mikasa". I swear I
saw that it was the word for tangerine or mandarin orange, and it was
repeatedly drilled in because my parents have Mikasa brand
dinnerware/flatware. I was going to relay that info to a friend who is into
anime (because he mentioned Mikasa Ackermann from _Attack on Titan_ ), but
when I double checked to make sure I didn't look like an idiot, I came up with
nothing.

I see that みかん is the word for mandarin orange. Is みかさ some sort of
alternative word or brand of fruit or something, and I don't have the right
Google-fu to find it?




For me personally, I have never seen or heard the word "Mikasa" used to refer
to oranges. I was born and spent a lot of time in Japan, but I have never
heard of the word "Mikasa" except for:

  * [A company](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikasa_Sports)
  * [Mikasa city in Hokkaido](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikasa,_Hokkaido)
  * [The mountain in Nara](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Wakakusa) and [the battleship named after it](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_battleship_Mikasa)
  * The anime character you mentioned
  * And lastly, the names of people, and a family of [Imperial house of Japan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_House_of_Japan).

I did a bit of googling to make sure my knowledge was correct, but it seems
that the word Mikasa is never used for oranges. I think you may have
misremembered something.




For me personally, I have never seen or heard the word "Mikasa" used to refer
to oranges. I was born and spent a lot of time in Japan, but I have never
heard of the word "Mikasa" except for:

  * [A company](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikasa_Sports)
  * [Mikasa city in Hokkaido](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikasa,_Hokkaido)
  * [The mountain in Nara](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Wakakusa) and [the battleship named after it](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_battleship_Mikasa)
  * The anime character you mentioned
  * And lastly, the names of people, and a family of [Imperial house of Japan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_House_of_Japan).

I did a bit of googling to make sure my knowledge was correct, but it seems
that the word Mikasa is never used for oranges. I think you may have
misremembered something.

