Nassau
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Nassau may mean the following:
[edit] Place names:
- Nassau, Germany: a town in Rhineland-Palatinate founded in 915 AD, after which all the following are named, directly or indirectly:
- Nassau, Bahamas: City on the island of New Providence in The Bahamas, adjecent (via two bridges) to Paradise Island, home of Atlantis Paradise Island, resort and casinos, tourist destination, Bahamas government capital
- Burg Nassau: "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, Minnesota: a city in the USA
- Nassau (village), New York: a village in the USA
- Nassau (town), New York: a town in the USA
- Nassau Bay, Texas: a town in the USA
- East Nassau, New York: a village in the USA
- Nassau County, Florida: a county in the USA
- Nassau County, New York: a county in the USA
- Nassau Village-Ratliff, Florida: a town in the USA
- Nassau (Cook Islands); one of the Northern Cook Islands
other Nassau Locations, not named from Nassau, Germany:
- Nassau, Saxony: a village located in Ore Mountains - Germany, Saxony
[edit] House of Nassau
Of the House of Orange-Nassau, royal dynasty of the Netherlands:
- Adolf of Nassau
- Johan Willem Friso of Orange-Nassau
- Louis of Nassau
- Maurice of Nassau
- Sophia of Nassau
- Willem of Nassau
- William Henry Nassau de Zuylestein, 4th Earl of Rochford
Of the branch of Nassau-Siegen
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
Other:
[edit] Other types of things
- 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 United States and Britain trading US-built Polaris missiles for rights to lease a nuclear submarine base in the Holy Loch, near Glasgow
- 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 UK
- Nassau Sound: a body of water in the U.S. state of Florida
- 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.
[edit] In fiction
- Nassau Station: In the video game, Dead or Alive 4, a fighting arena is modeled after a MAC station from Halo 2.