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nassau

/ˈnæsɔ/

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What does nassau mean?

noun

  1. 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.

proper noun

  1. A city in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
  2. The capital city of the Bahamas.
More meanings (4)

proper noun

  1. The Bahamian government.
  2. An unincorporated community in Sussex County, Delaware.
  3. A minor city in Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota.
  4. A town and village therein, in Rensselaer County, New York.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈnæsɔ/

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They decided to land, and they were greatly surprised to find that they had reached Weilburg, in Nassau, Germany.
William J. ClaxtonThe mastery of the airProject Gutenberg ebook #777
Green then took his visitor to the end of the narrow court, and, opening the door of an outhouse, showed him the old Nassau balloon.
John M. (John Mackenzie) BaconThe Dominion of the Air: The Story of Aerial NavigationProject Gutenberg ebook #861
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A battalion of Nassau, seven hundred strong, was overwhelmed there.
Victor HugoLes MisérablesTranslated by Isabel Florence HapgoodProject Gutenberg ebook #135
Soon after his return his brothers gave him a room on the fifth floor of a house at the corner of Nassau and Beekman Streets, New York.
John MunroHeroes of the TelegraphProject Gutenberg ebook #979
I should have proposed an earlier day to you, but next week the Prince of Nassau is to breakfast at Strawberry Hill, and I know your aversion to clashing with grandeur.
Horace WalpoleThe Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 2Project Gutenberg ebook #4610