Nassau

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/ˈnæsɔː/

proper noun

A city in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

OriginGerman Nassau →
CommonScrabble 6
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A city in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
  2. The capital city of the Bahamas.
    1. metonymicallyThe Bahamian government.
  3. A place in the United States:
    1. An unincorporated community in Sussex County, Delaware.
    2. A minor city in Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota.
    3. A town and village therein, in Rensselaer County, New York.
nounNassau (plural Nassaus)

plural Nassaus

  1. gamblingA 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.

Origin

  1. Germannass“wet”
  2. GermanNassau
  3. EnglishNassau

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

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Translations

Arabic نَاسَاو
  • نَاسَاو (nasāw)capital of the Bahamas
Bulgarian Наса́у
  • Наса́у (Nasáu)capital of the Bahamas
Chinese Mandarin 拿騷 /拿骚
  • 拿騷 /拿骚 (Násāo)capital of the Bahamas
Czech Nassau
  • Nassaucapital of the Bahamas
Danish Nassau
  • Nassaucapital of the Bahamas
Dutch Nassau
  • Nassaucapital of the Bahamas
Finnish Nassau
  • Nassaucapital of the Bahamas
French Nassau
  • Nassaucapital of the Bahamas
German Nassau
  • Nassaucapital of the Bahamas
Greek Νασσάου
  • Νασσάου (Nassáou)capital of the Bahamas
Hebrew נסאו
  • נסאוcapital of the Bahamas
Hindi नासाओ
  • नासाओ (nāsāo)capital of the Bahamas
Hungarian Nassau
  • Nassaucapital of the Bahamas
Italian Nassau
  • Nassaucapital of the Bahamas
Japanese ナッソー
  • ナッソー (Nassō)capital of the Bahamas
Korean 나소
  • 나소capital of the Bahamas
Polish Nassau
  • Nassaucapital of the Bahamas
Portuguese Nassau
  • Nassaucapital of the Bahamas
Russian На́ссау, Насса́у
  • На́ссау (Nássau)capital of the Bahamas
  • Насса́у (Nassáu)capital of the Bahamas
  • На́ссо (Násso)capital of the Bahamas
Spanish Nasáu
  • Nasáucapital of the Bahamas
Thai นัสซอ
  • นัสซอcapital of the Bahamas
Ukrainian На́ссау
  • На́ссау (Nássau)capital of the Bahamas
Vietnamese Na-xao
  • Na-xaocapital of the Bahamas
Cite this entry
APA

Nassau. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Nassau

MLA

“Nassau.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Nassau. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Nassau,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Nassau.

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