Nassau
a seaport on New Providence Island: capital of the Bahamas; seaside resort.
a district in central Germany: formerly a duchy, now a part of Hesse.
a member of a European royal family that ruled chiefly in Germany and the Netherlands until the 19th century.
Golf. an eighteen-hole match in which one point each is awarded to the players having the lowest score for the first nine holes, for the second nine holes, and for the entire round.
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How to use Nassau in a sentence
And more hearings are scheduled for June in the Nassau County family court.
That office declined to comment as well and referred us back to Nassau County.
I live in the second-highest property taxed county in the entire country in Nassau County.
Governor Cuomo: ‘Extreme Conservatives Have No Place In New York’ | David Freedlander | January 22, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTSo in February 1965, they arrived in the city of Nassau on New Providence Island, connected to Paradise Island by a bridge.
Catch Beatles Fever! Ten Essential Travel Destinations for Beatlemaniacs | Lonely Planet | January 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAfter soaking up the history at Nassau Hall, walk to Princeton University campus.
But that is past; and I feel, that could birth give dignity, my ancestors of Nassau reigned in this very palace!
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4 | Jane PorterThe final parting between the tyrant and the future deliverer was not an event to be forgotten by any of the race of Nassau.
The History of England from the Accession of James II. | Thomas Babington MacaulayI made up my mind to one thing, I should give up my ticket at Nassau and go home alone by rail through Florida.
Gardens of the Caribbees, v. 1/2 | Ida May Hill StarrIt was a satisfaction to know that the time was at hand when Englishmen at Nassau would have to shut up shop.
The Boys of '61 | Charles Carleton Coffin.Nassau Hall was the principal structure of the college, and the institution was often familiarly referred to by that name.
Journal and Letters of Philip Vickers Fithian: A Plantation Tutor of the Old Dominion, 1773-1774. | Philip Vickers Fithian
British Dictionary definitions for Nassau
(German ˈnasaʊ) a region of W central Germany: formerly a duchy (1816–66), from which a branch of the House of Orange arose (represented by the present rulers of the Netherlands and Luxembourg); annexed to the Prussian province of Hesse-Nassau in 1866; corresponds to present-day W Hesse and NE Rhineland-Palatinate states
(ˈnæsɔː) the capital and chief port of the Bahamas, on the NE coast of New Providence Island: resort. Pop: 229 000 (2005 est)
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