Lower Saxony

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/ ˈloʊ ər /

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noun

a state in NW Germany. 18,294 sq. mi. (47,380 sq. km). Capital: Hanover.

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German Niedersachsen.

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How to use Lower Saxony in a sentence

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Since then, the rising gap between the rich and middle- and lower-income families has risen to the fore.
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States were encouraged and allowed to lower standards to make it appear they were improving.
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On the upper part of the stem the whorls are very close together, but they are more widely separated at the lower portion.
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First a shower of shells dropping all along the lower ridges and out over the surface of the Bay.
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There are many more good dwellings on this plain than in the rural portion of Lower Italy.
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It depends upon the fact that bile acids lower surface tension.
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A serious insurrection occurred at Dresden, in Saxony, but was in a few days put down.
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British Dictionary definitions for Lower Saxony

Lower Saxony

noun

a state of N Germany, on the North Sea and including the E Frisian Islands: a leading European producer of petroleum. Capital: Hanover. Pop: 7 993 000 (2003 est). Area: 47 408 sq km (18 489 sq miles)German name: Niedersachsen

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