Nassau
Americannoun
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a seaport on New Providence Island: capital of the Bahamas; seaside resort.
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a district in central Germany: formerly a duchy, now a part of Hesse.
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a member of a European royal family that ruled chiefly in Germany and the Netherlands until the 19th century.
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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.
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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
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the capital and chief port of the Bahamas, on the NE coast of New Providence Island: resort. Pop: 229 000 (2005 est)
Example Sentences
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A Nassau beach break and sightseeing tour cost $114 a person.
Win Thin, at Bank of Nassau 1982 Ltd, said: "Foreign exchange typically is the leader in terms of showing market discomfort with a country's policies and economic outlook, so this dollar weakness bears watching."
From Barron's
This could especially be an issue in markets like northern New Jersey and Nassau County, N.Y., on Long Island, where the supply of homes is already tight.
The final punch came when 70-year-old Bruce Blakeman, the Nassau County Executive on Long Island, announced his run for the GOP nomination for Governor this month.
Dr. Nestler traces his interest in science back to an unusual home laboratory in the basement of his family's house in Nassau County, Long Island.
From Science Daily
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