Nassau

[ nas-aw; German nah-sou ]

noun

1. a seaport on New Providence Island: capital of the Bahamas; seaside resort.
2. a district in central Germany: formerly a duchy, now a part of Hesse.
3. a member of a European royal family that ruled chiefly in Germany and the Netherlands until the 19th century.
4. Golf. an eighteen-hole match in which one point each is awarded to the players having the lowest score for the first nine holes, for the second nine holes, and for the entire round.

Nassau

noun

1. ˈnasaʊ a region of W central Germany: formerly a duchy (1816–66), from which a branch of the House of Orange arose (represented by the present rulers of the Netherlands and Luxembourg); annexed to the Prussian province of Hesse-Nassau in 1866; corresponds to present-day W Hesse and NE Rhineland-Palatinate states
2. ˈnæsɔː the capital and chief port of the Bahamas, on the NE coast of New Providence Island: resort. Pop: 229 000 (2005 est)

Example Sentences

This morning I woke to calm seas as we approached our last stop, Nassau.

From Washington Blade

A climate scientist, she works at the University of the Bahamas in Nassau.

From Science News For Students

The youngest of seven children, Poitier grew up on Cat Island and in Nassau, before moving to Miami at age 15 to live with his older brother.

From Time

And more hearings are scheduled for June in the Nassau County family court.

From The Daily Beast

That office declined to comment as well and referred us back to Nassau County.

From The Daily Beast

I live in the second-highest property taxed county in the entire country in Nassau County.

From The Daily Beast

So in February 1965, they arrived in the city of Nassau on New Providence Island, connected to Paradise Island by a bridge.

From The Daily Beast

After soaking up the history at Nassau Hall, walk to Princeton University campus.

From The Daily Beast

But that is past; and I feel, that could birth give dignity, my ancestors of Nassau reigned in this very palace!

From Project Gutenberg

The final parting between the tyrant and the future deliverer was not an event to be forgotten by any of the race of Nassau.

From Project Gutenberg

I made up my mind to one thing, I should give up my ticket at Nassau and go home alone by rail through Florida.

From Project Gutenberg

It was a satisfaction to know that the time was at hand when Englishmen at Nassau would have to shut up shop.

From Project Gutenberg

Nassau Hall was the principal structure of the college, and the institution was often familiarly referred to by that name.

From Project Gutenberg