Saxony

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Saxony

Etymology

From Saxon +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsæksəni/
Audio (US): (file)

Proper noun

Saxony

A historic realm and modern state of Germany.
Synonym: (in compounds) Saxe
- 1759, George Sale et al., The Modern Part of an Universal History, Vol.XXIX: History of the German Empire, page 2:
  Since the reign of Charlemagne, this country is divided into High and Low Germany... the provinces of Lower Germany towards the north conſiſt of the Low Country of the Rhine, Triers, Cologn, Mentz, Weſtphalia, Heſſe, Brunſwic, Miſnia, Luſatia, High Saxony upon the Elbe, Low Saxony upon the Elbe, Mecklenburg, Lauenburg, Brandenburg, Magdeburg, and Pomerania.

Derived terms

Translations

state

Albanian: Saksonia
Arabic: صاقس m (ṣāqis), سكسونيا m (saksūniyā)
Armenian: Սաքսոնիա (Sakʻsonia)
Asturian: Saxonia (ast)
Bavarian: Saggsn
Belarusian: Саксо́нія f (Saksónija)
Bulgarian: Саксо́ния f (Saksónija)
Catalan: Saxònia (ca) f
Central Franconian: Saxe
Chinese:
Mandarin: 薩克森州／萨克森州 (zh) (Sàkèsēn Zhōu)
Czech: Sasko (cs)
Danish: Sachsen
Dutch: Saksen (nl)
Esperanto: Saksio, Saksujo
Estonian: Saksimaa
Faroese: Saksland n
Finnish: Saksi (fi)
French: Saxe (fr) f
Old French: Sessoigne
Friulian: Sassonie f
Galician: Saxonia
Georgian: საქსონია (saksonia)
German: Sachsen (de) n
Greek: Σαξωνία f (Saxonía)
Hungarian: Szászország (hu)
Icelandic: Saxland n
Ido: Saxonia (io)
Interlingua: Saxonia
Irish: An tSacsain f
Italian: Sassonia (it) f
Japanese: ザクセン (Zakusen)
Korean: 작센 (Jaksen)
Latin: Saxonia f
Latvian: Saksija f
Lithuanian: Saksonija f
Low German:
Dutch Low Saxon: Saksen n

German Low German: Sassen n
Macedonian: Саксонија f (Saksonija)
Marathi: सॅक्सनी m (sĕksanī)
Norwegian: Sachsen (no)
Old English: Ealdseaxan m pl, Seaxland n
Old Norse: Saxland n
Old Polish: Saś f
Polish: Saksonia (pl) f
Portuguese: Saxónia f (Portugal), Saxônia f (Brazil)
Punjabi: ਜ਼ਾਕਸਨ (zāksan)
Rhine Franconian: Saksä
Romanian: Saxonia f
Romansch: Saxonia
Russian: Саксо́ния (ru) f (Saksónija)
Slovene: Saška (sl) f
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: Sakska f, Saksojska f

Upper Sorbian: Sakska (hsb) f
Spanish: Sajonia (es)
Swedish: Sachsen (sv)
Turkish: Saksonya
Ukrainian: Саксо́нія f (Saksónija)
Vietnamese: Sachsen, Dắc-den
Volapük: Saxän (vo)
West Frisian: Saksen
Yiddish: זאַקסן (zaksn)

See also

Divisions of the Federal Republic of Germany in English (layout · text)
Area states: Baden-Württemberg · Bavaria · Brandenburg · Hesse · Lower Saxony · Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania · North Rhine-Westphalia · Rhineland-Palatinate · Saarland · Saxony · Saxony-Anhalt · Schleswig-Holstein · Thuringia
City states: Berlin · Bremen · Hamburg

Noun

Saxony (countable and uncountable, plural Saxonies)

A fine soft woollen fabric.
Saxony yarn, or flannel made from this or similar yarn.

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