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Saxony
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English
Etymology
en ine-pro *sek-
From en enm Saxonie, from en la Saxōnia, from la Saxō (stem la Saxōn-) + la -ia.Saxonīe n MED38672n 3161830896 en Saxon -y<id:location>.
Pronunciation
en /ˈsæksəni/
en en-us-Saxony.ogg US
Proper noun
en Q1202en state of modern c/Germany located in the east, far from historical Saxon lands Free State of Saxony.
en Q3057629en historical region/and/former duchy in north-central c/Germany.
en Saxe in compounds
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
en Anglo-Saxony
en Lower Saxony
en Saxony-Anhalt
Translations
state
Albanian: sq Saksonia
Arabic: ar صاقس m ṣāqis, ar سكسونيا m saksūniyā
Armenian: hy Սաքսոնիա
Asturian: ast Saxonia
Belarusian: be Саксо́нія f
Bulgarian: bg Саксо́ния f
Catalan: ca Saxònia f
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 薩克森州 Sàkèsēn Zhōu
Czech: cs Sasko
Danish: da Sachsen
Dutch: nl Saksen
Esperanto: eo Saksio, eo Saksujo
Estonian: et Saksimaa
Faroese: fo Saksland n
Finnish: fi Saksi
French: fr Saxe f
Old French: fro Sessoigne
Frisian:
West Frisian: fy Saksen
Friulian: fur Sassonie f
Galician: gl Saxonia
Georgian: ka საქსონია
German: de Sachsen n
Bavarian: bar Saggsn
Central Franconian: gmw-cfr Saxe
Rhine Franconian: gmw-rfr Saksä
Greek: el Σαξωνία f
Hindi: hi सैक्सनी
Hungarian: hu Szászország
Icelandic: is Saxland n
Ido: io Saxonia
Interlingua: ia Saxonia
Irish: ga Sacsain f An tSacsain
Italian: it Sassonia f
Japanese: ja ザクセン Zakusen
Korean: ko ^작센
Latin: la Saxonia f
Latvian: lv Saksija f
Lithuanian: lt Saksonija f
Low German:
Dutch Low Saxon: nds-nl Saksen n
German Low German: nds-de Sassen n
Macedonian: mk Саксонија f
Marathi: mr सॅक्सनी m
Norwegian: no Sachsen
Old English: ang Ealdseaxan m-p, ang Seaxland n
Old Norse: non Saxland n
Polish: pl Saksonia f
Old Polish: zlw-opl Saś f
Portuguese:
Brazilian Portuguese: pt Saxônia f
European Portuguese: pt Saxónia f
Punjabi: pa ਜ਼ਾਕਸਨ
Romanian: ro Saxonia f
Romansh: rm Saxonia
Russian: ru Саксо́ния f
Slovak: sk Sasko
Slovene: sl Saška f
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: dsb Sakska f, dsb Saksojska f
Upper Sorbian: hsb Sakska f
Spanish: es Sajonia
Swedish: sv Sachsen
Turkish: tr Saksonya
Ukrainian: uk Саксо́нія f
Vietnamese: vi Sachsen, vi Dắc-den
Volapük: vo Saxän
Yiddish: yi זאַקסן
See also
Noun
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A fine soft woollen fabric.
Saxony yarn, or flannel made from this or similar yarn.
References
en Fabrics
en exonyms