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Nassau may mean the following:

Placenames

Germany

• Nassau, Germany, a town in Rhineland-Palatinate founded in AD 915, after which all the following (except the village in Saxony) are named, directly or indirectly
• Nassau Castle, ancestral seat of the House of Nassau
• Nassau (state), German state within the Holy Roman Empire
• Hesse-Nassau, Prussian province formed by annexation of the Duchy of Nassau
• Nassau, Saxony, a village in the Ore Mountains

Bahamas

• Nassau, Bahamas, capital city of the Bahamas, on the island of New Providence

Canada

• Nassau District, renamed Home District, regional division in Upper Canada from 1788 to 1792
• Nassau Street (Winnipeg), Manitoba

Cook Islands

• Nassau (Cook Islands): one of the Northern Cook Islands

Indonesia

• Sudirman Range, aka Nassau Range: one of the names of the highest mountain range in Indonesia

Ireland

• Nassau Street (Dublin)

Netherlands

• Baarle-Nassau, a town in the southern Netherlands

United States

• Nassau, Delaware
• Nassau, Minnesota
• Nassau (town), New York
  • Nassau (village), New York
  • East Nassau, New York
• Nassau Bay, Texas
• Nassau County, Florida
• Nassau County, New York
• Nassau Fjord, a fjord in Prince William Sound, Alaska
• Nassau Street (Princeton), New Jersey
• Nassau Street (Manhattan), New York
• Nassau Village-Ratliff, Florida

House of Nassau

Of the House of Orange-Nassau, royal dynasty of the Netherlands:

• Adolf of Nassau (disambiguation)
• John William Friso, Prince of Orange, Prince of Nassau-Dietz, who became the titular Prince of Orange in 1702
• Louis of Nassau (1538 – 1574), third son of William, Count of Nassau, and Juliana of Stolberg
• Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange (1567 – 1625), son of William the Silent and Princess Anna of Saxony
• Sofia of Nassau
• William I, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg (Willem of Nassau)
• William Nassau de Zuylestein, 4th Earl of Rochford

Of the branch of Nassau-Siegen

• John Maurice, Prince of Nassau-Siegen

Of the branch of Nassau-Weilburg, ultimately the grand ducal dynasty of Luxembourg

• Adolf of Germany, usually known as Adolf of Nassau
• Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg
• Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg
• Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg
• Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg
• Marie-Adélaïde, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg
• William IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (Wilhelm Alexander von Nassau)

Other

• Nassau William Senior

See also

• House of Nassau

Battles

• Battle of Nassau (1720), during the War of the Quadruple Alliance
• Battle of Nassau, during the American War of Independence

Ships

• 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 (steamboat), a steamboat placed in operation by Robert Fulton between Manhattan and Brooklyn in the U.S. state of New York in 1814

Other uses

• Evangelical Church in 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 USA and the UK trading missiles for rights to lease a nuclear submarine base
• Nassau (album), a 1995 album by The Sea and Cake
• 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 Coliseum, an arena in Uniondale, New York, USA
• Nassau Community College, a two-year college in Nassau County, New York, USA
• Nassau (cookie), a chocolate peanut butter sandwich cookie from Pepperidge Farm
• Nassau grouper, an endangered species of fish
• Nassau Hall, the oldest building at Princeton University, and a meeting place for the USA's Second Continental Congress
• Nassau Stakes, a horse race in the United Kingdom
• Nassau Stakes (Canada), a horse race in Canada
• Nassau (Staten Island Railway station), a station in the United States
• Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, an ice hockey arena in Uniondale, New York, USA
• Nassau Weekly, a student newspaper of Princeton University

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From Wikitravel

There is more than one place called Nassau:

Germany

• Nassau (Germany) - A town in Rhineland-Palatinate.

Bahamas

• Nassau - Capital of the Bahamas, located on New Providence Island.

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