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Encyclopedia > Nassau (disambiguation)

Nassau may mean the following:


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Nassau is the capital city of the Bahamas. ... The crown of the Holy Roman Empire (2nd half of the 10th century), now held in the Vienna Schatzkammer. ... For other uses, see Nassau (disambiguation). ... The Prussian province of Hesse-Nassau (German Hessen-Nassau) was created in 1868 as a consequence of the Austro-Prussian War of 1866 by combining the previously independent Electorate of Hesse (Hesse-Kassel), the Duchy of Nassau, the Free Imperial City of Frankfurt, areas gained from the Kingdom of Bavaria... The Rhenish Palatinate (Rheinpfalz, sometimes Lower Palatinate or Niederpfalz) occupies rather more than a quarter of the German Bundesland (federal state) of Rhineland-Palatinate (Rheinland-Pfalz) and contains the towns of Ludwigshafen, Kaiserslautern, Neustadt an der Weinstrasse, Pirmasens, Landau and Speyer. ... Baarle-Nassau is a municipality and a town in the southern Netherlands. ... Nassau is a city located in Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota. ... Nassau is a village located in the Town of Nassau in Rensselaer County, New York. ... There is also a Nassau County, New York. ... Nassau Bay is a city located in Harris County, Texas. ... East Nassau is a village located in Rensselaer County, New York. ... Nassau County is a county located in the state of Florida. ... There is also a Town of Nassau. ... Nassau Village-Ratliff is a census-designated place located in Nassau County in the state of Florida in the United States of America. ...

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Of the House of Orange-Nassau: The House of Orange-Nassau (in Dutch Oranje-Nassau), is a family that has played a central role in the political life of the Netherlands since William I of Orange (also known as William the Silent and Father of the Fatherland) organised the Dutch revolt against Spanish rule, which after...

Other: Among various individuals with the name Adolf of Nassau are: Adolf of Nassau-Weilburg, King of the Romans (1291–98) and Count of Nassau (1277–98) Adolf, Grand Duke of Luxemburg (1890–1905) and Duke of Nassau (1839–66) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other... Adolf of Nassau was King of the Romans 1292-1298. ... Johan Willem Friso of Orange-Nassau was stadholder of Friesland until his untimely death by drowning in the Hollands Diep in 1711. ... John Maurice of Nassau (Dutch: Johan Maurits van Nassau, 1604-1679) was a count of Nassau-Siegen. ... Louis of Nassau (January 10, 1538 - April 14, 1574) was a brother of William I of Orange. ... Maurice of Nassau (in Dutch Maurits van Nassau) (14 November 1567–23 April 1625), Prince of Orange (1618–1625), son of William the Silent and Princess Anna of Saxony, was born at the castle of Dillenburg. ... Princess Sofia of Nassau, (Sophie in Sweden) (July 9, 1836 - December 30, 1913), was the daughter of George William Augustus Henry, Duke of Nassau-Weilburg and his wife Pauline Friederica Marie Princess of Württemberg. ... William of Nassau (1487-1559), count of Nassau-Dillenburg, was a nobleman of the house of Nassau. ... William Henry Nassau de Zuylestein, 4th Earl of Rochford (1717-28 September 1781), was a British diplomatist and statesman. ...

A "nassau" can also be a type of bet between golfers that is essentially three separate bets. Money is wagered on the best score in the front 9, back 9, and total 18 holes. Nassau William Senior (September 26, 1790 - June 4, 1864), English economist, was born at Compton, Berks, the eldest son of the Rev. ...


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Nassau (144 words)
Nassau is the capital city of the Bahamas, in the Caribbean Sea.
Nassau was founded by the British in the mid-17th century as Charles Towne, but it was renamed to Nassau in 1695.
Nassau was subjected to numerous attempted invasions by the Spanish during the late 18th century, and in 1776 it was captured and briefly held by American revolutionaries.
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