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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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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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From Time Magazine Archive

CAUB, or Kaub, a town of Germany, in the Prussian province of Hesse-Nassau, on the right bank of the Rhine, 28 m.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" by Various

CASSEL, or Kassel, a city of Germany, capital of the former electorate of Hesse-Cassel, and, since its annexation by Prussia in 1866, capital of the province of Hesse-Nassau.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" by Various