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Nassau

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English

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English Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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Borrowed from German Nassau, from German nass (wet). The Bahamian city is named after the German one.

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Nassau

  1. A city in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
  2. The capital city of the Bahamas.

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Noun

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Nassau (plural Nassaus)

  1. (golf, gambling) A wager consisting essentially of three separate bets, for the best score on each of the front nine (holes 1–9), back nine (holes 10–18), and total 18 holes.

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Czech

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Czech Wikipedia has an article on:
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Nassau n (indeclinable, related adjective nassauský)

  1. Nassau (the capital city of the Bahamas)

Further reading

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  • Nassau”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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Borrowed from English Nassau, from German Nassau, from nass.

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Nassau n (indeclinable)

  1. Nassau (the capital city of the Bahamas)

Derived terms

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adjective
nouns

Further reading

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  • Nassau in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

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Etymology

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Borrowed from German Nassau.

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Nassau f

  1. Nassau (a city in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany)
  2. Nassau (the capital city of the Bahamas)

Proper noun

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Nassau m (plural Nassau or Nassaus)

  1. any member of the House of Nassau