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Ascania

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Ascania may refer to:

  • House of Ascania, a German noble family who ruled the Duchy of Anhalt in Saxony and other territories, including Saxony and Brandenburg
  • Ascania Island [fr], an island in the Cyclades near Santorini
  • Lake Ascania by Nicaea, now known as Lake İznik in Bursa Province, Turkey
  • Askania-Nova, a biosphere reserve in Kherson Oblast, Ukraine
  • RMS Ascania (1911), originally laid down as the Gerona for the Thomson Line in 1911, wrecked off Newfoundland on 13 June 1918
  • RMS Ascania (1923), a Cunard liner that became the armed merchant cruiser HMS Ascania in World War II.