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Lower Saxony

American  
[loh-er] / ˈloʊ ər /

noun

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


Lower Saxony British  

noun

  1. German name: Niedersachsen. 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)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The state of Lower Saxony owns 20% of the carmaker’s voting shares.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

VW's Wolfsburg headquarters and several of its plants are in Lower Saxony.

From Barron's ● Jul. 13, 2026

But labour representatives and the German state of Lower Saxony -- both of whom take a dim view of possible plant closures -- together hold more than half the seats on VW's supervisory board.

From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026

Union representatives sit on the supervisory board and typically enjoy the backing of officials representing a 20% stake held by the state of Lower Saxony.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

In 1414 a troop of them reappeared in Thuringia and Lower Saxony, and even surpassed their predecessors in wildness of extravagance.

From Historical Tales, Vol 5 (of 15) The Romance of Reality, German by Charles Morris

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