| 1. | a state in E central Germany. 4,900,000; 6561 sq. mi. (16,990 sq. km). Capital: Dresden. |
| 2. | a former state of the Weimar Republic in E central Germany. 5788 sq. mi. (14,990 sq. km). Capital: Dresden. |
| 3. | a medieval division of N Germany with varying boundaries: extended at its height from the Rhine to E of the Elbe. |
| sachsen | |
noun | |
| an area in Germany around the upper Elbe river; the original home of the Saxons [syn: Saxony] |