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Hesse-Nassau

American  
[hes-nas-aw] / ˈhɛsˈnæs ɔ /

noun

  1. a former state in W Germany, now part of Hesse.


Hesse-Nassau British  

noun

  1. a former province of Prussia, now part of the state of Hesse, Germany

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Also, he had visited the village of Nast�tten in Hesse-Nassau, Germany, where he was born.

From Time Magazine Archive

Premier G�ring brought him word that Adolf Hitler had just appointed him president of the Province of Hesse-Nassau.

From Time Magazine Archive

Last week the Confessional Synod elected Pastor Niemoller president of their church's newly formed executive council for the areas comprised by the old province of Hesse-Nassau.

From Time Magazine Archive

Between 1834-5 Prussia, Bavaria, Würtemberg, Saxony, Baden, Hesse-Nassau, Thuringia, and Frankfort agreed upon a common standard for customs duties, and a few years later they were joined by Brunswick, Hanover, and the Mecklenburgs.

From Germany and the Germans From an American Point of View by Collier, Price

HOMBURG-VOR-DER-H�HE, a town and watering-place of Germany, in the Prussian province of Hesse-Nassau, prettily situated at the south-east foot of the Taunus Mountains, 12 m.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" by Various

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