Nassau

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Nassau

  • /ˈnæsɔː/

Where it comes from

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

proper noun

  1. A city in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
  2. The capital city of the Bahamas.
  3. metonymically The Bahamian government.
  4. An unincorporated community in Sussex County, Delaware.
  5. A minor city in Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota.
  6. A town and village therein, in Rensselaer County, New York.

noun Nassaus

  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.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: miami, suffolk, dietz, dillenburg, hessen, saarbrucken, siegen, neuwied, mainz, bingen, eichen, lahnstein, ludwigshafen, linden, oberlahnstein, worms

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name capital of the Bahamas

EspañolNasáu
한국어나소
日本語ナッソー Nassō
中文拿騷 /拿骚 Násāo
हिन्दीनासाओ nāsāo
PortuguêsNassau
FrançaisNassau
DeutschNassau
ItalianoNassau
ΕλληνικάΝασσάου Nassáou
РусскийНа́ссау Nássau, Насса́у Nassáu, На́ссо Násso
Tiếng ViệtNa-xao
العربيةنَاسَاو nasāw
עבריתנסאו

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"Nassau." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/nassau. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

Nassau. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/nassau

Chicago

"Nassau." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/nassau.

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@misc{nassau_2026,
  title = {Nassau},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/nassau},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}