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'''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''
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