Nassau 191366 212894466 2008-05-16T19:25:31Z Imbris 3582949 /* Place names: */ {{Wiktionary}} {{TOCright}} '''Nassau''' may mean the following: ==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]]: capital city of The Bahamas, on the island of New Providence. *[[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, 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|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. Other Nassau Locations, not named from Nassau, Germany: *[[Nassau, Saxony]]: a village located in Ore Mountains, Saxony, Germany ==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 *[[John Maurice of Nassau]] 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: *[[Nassau William Senior]] ===See also=== *[[House of Nassau]] *[[List of rulers of Nassau]] ==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 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 Stakes (Canada)]]: a horse race in Canada *[[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. *[[Nassau Coliseum]]: an arena in Uniondale, New York, USA. *[[Nassau (cookie)]]: A chocolate peanut butter sandwich cookie from [[Pepperidge Farm]]. *[[Nassau Royale]]: A brand of rum, an alcoholic spirit. ==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'' {{disambig}} [[ca:Nassau]] [[cs:Nassau]] [[da:Nassau]] [[de:Nassau]] [[es:Nassau (desambiguación)]] [[fr:Nassau]] [[hr:Nassau (razdvojba)]] [[it:Nassau (disambigua)]] [[nl:Nassau]] [[no:Nassau]] [[nn:Nassau]] [[pl:Nassau]] [[ru:Нассау]] [[fi:Nassau (täsmennyssivu)]] [[sv:Nassau]] [[vo:Nassau]] [[zh:拿騷]]