Nassau

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Nassau may mean the following:

[edit] Placenames

• Nassau, Germany: a town in Rhineland-Palatinate founded in AD 915, after which all the following are named, directly or indirectly:
• Nassau, Bahamas: capital city of The Bahamas, on the island of New Providence.
• Nassau Castle, ancestral seat of the House of Nassau
• Duchy of Nassau: an extinct German duchy
• Hesse-Nassau: the Prussian province formed by annexation of that duchy
• Baarle-Nassau: a town in the southern Netherlands
• Nassau-Siegen: a historical territory in Germany
• Nassau, Delaware: a community in the U.S.
• Nassau, Minnesota: a city in the U.S.
• Nassau (village), New York: a village in the U.S.
• Nassau (town), New York: a town in the U.S.
• Nassau Bay, Texas: a town in the U.S.
• East Nassau, New York: a village in the U.S.
• Nassau County, Florida: a county in the U.S.
• Nassau County, New York: a county in the U.S.
• Nassau Village-Ratliff, Florida: a town in the U.S.
• Nassau (Cook Islands): one of the Northern Cook Islands
• Sudirman Range, aka Nassau Range: one of the names of the highest mountain range in Indonesia
• Nassau Fjord: a fjord in Prince William Sound, Alaska, U.S.
• Nassau Street (Dublin): a street in Dublin, Ireland.
• Nassau Street (Winnipeg): a street in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
• Nassau Street (Princeton): a street in Princeton, New Jersey, U.S.
• Nassau Street (Manhattan): a street in Lower Manhattan, New York City, U.S.

[edit] Other places called Nassau, not named after Nassau, Germany

• Nassau, Saxony: a village in Saxony, Germany, in the Ore Mountains

[edit] House of Nassau

Of the House of Orange-Nassau, royal dynasty of the Netherlands:

• Adolf of Nassau (disambiguation)
• Johan Willem Friso of Orange-Nassau became the titular Prince of Orange in 1702
• Louis of Nassau (1538 – 1574), third son of William, Count of Nassau, and Juliana of Stolberg
• Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange (1567 – 1625), son of William the Silent and Princess Anna of Saxony
• Sophia of Nassau
• Willem of Nassau
• William Henry Nassau de Zuylestein, 4th Earl of Rochford

[edit] Of the branch of Nassau-Siegen

• John Maurice of Nassau

[edit] Of the branch of Nassau-Weilburg, ultimately the grand ducal dynasty of Luxembourg

• Adolf of Nassau-Weilburg
• Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg
• Guillaume IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg
• Marie-Adélaïde, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg
• Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg
• Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg
• Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg

[edit] Other

• Nassau William Senior

[edit] See also

• House of Nassau

[edit] Other types of things

• Nassau (steamboat), a steamboat placed in operation by Robert Fulton between Manhattan and Brooklyn in the U.S. state of New York in 1814
• Nassau Hall: the oldest building at Princeton University, and a meeting place for the USA's Second Continental Congress
• Evangelical Church of Hesse and Nassau; a church in Germany
• Fort Nassau: name of several forts built by the Dutch in the 17th century
• Nassau agreement: a treaty between the USA and the UK trading missiles for rights to lease a nuclear submarine base
• Nassau grouper: an endangered species of fish
• Nassau Community College: a two-year college in Nassau County, New York, USA
• Nassau Stakes: a horse race in the United Kingdom
• Nassau Stakes (Canada): a horse race in Canada
• Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum; an ice hockey arena in Uniondale, New York, USA
• USS Nassau (CVE-16): a United States Navy escort aircraft carrier
• USS Nassau (LHA-4): a United States Navy amphibious assault ship
• SMS Nassau: a German battleship
• Nassau (bet): 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 (album): a 1995 album by The Sea and Cake
• Nassau Coliseum: an arena in Uniondale, New York, USA
• Nassau (cookie): A chocolate peanut butter sandwich cookie from Pepperidge Farm
• Nassau (Staten Island Railway station), a station in the United States

[edit] In fiction

• Nassau Station: In the video game, Dead or Alive 4, a fighting arena modeled after a Magnetic Accelerator Cannon station from Halo 2

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