Nassau

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnæsɔː/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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Proper noun

Nassau

1. A city in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
2. The capital city of the Bahamas.

Derived terms

• Baarle-Nassau
• Nassau County
• Nassuvian

 

Translations

capital of the Bahamas

• Arabic: نَاسَاو f (nasāw)
• Armenian: Նասաու (Nasau)
• Asturian: Nasáu (ast)
• Belarusian: На́сау (Násau), На́саў (Násaŭ)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 拿騷／拿骚 (zh) (Násāo)

• Czech: Nassau (cs) n
• Danish: Nassau
• Dutch: Nassau (nl)
• Finnish: Nassau
• French: Nassau (fr)
• Galician: Nassau (gl)
• Georgian: ნასაუ (nasau)
• German: Nassau (de)
• Greek: Νασσάου (Nassáou)
• Hebrew: נסאו
• Hindi: नासाओ m (nāsāo)
• Hungarian: Nassau (hu)
• Italian: Nassau f
• Japanese: ナッソー (ja) (Nassō)
• Khmer: ណាស្សូ (km) (naahsou)
• Korean: 나소 (Naso)
• Maltese: Nassaw
• Marathi: नॅसॉ (nĕsŏ)
• Polish: Nassau (pl) n
• Portuguese: Nassau (pt)
• Russian: На́ссау (ru) m (Nássau), Насса́у (ru) m (Nassáu), На́ссо (ru) m (Násso)
• Spanish: Nasáu
• Thai: นัสซอ
• Ukrainian: На́ссау (Nássau)
• Vietnamese: Na-xao

Noun

Nassau (plural Nassaus)

1. (golf, gambling) A 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.

Anagrams

• Assuan, saunas

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈnasau̯]

Proper noun

Nassau n (indeclinable, related adjective nassauský)

1. Nassau (the capital city of the Bahamas)

Further reading

• “Nassau”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English Nassau, from German Nassau, from nass.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnas.saw/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -assaw
• Syllabification: Nas‧sau

Proper noun

Nassau n (indeclinable)

1. Nassau (the capital city of the Bahamas)

Derived terms

adjective

• nassauski

 

nouns

• nassauczyk
• nassauka

 

Further reading

• Nassau in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from German Nassau.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /naˈsaw/ [naˈsaʊ̯]

Proper noun

Nassau f

1. Nassau (a city in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany)
2. Nassau (the capital city of the Bahamas)

Proper noun

Nassau m (plural Nassau or Nassaus)

1. any member of the House of Nassau