Saxony
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Proper noun
Saxony
- A historic realm and modern state of Germany.
- Synonym: (in compounds) Saxe
- 1759, George Sale et al., The Modern Part of an Universal History, Vol.XXIX: History of the German Empire, page 2:
- Since the reign of Charlemagne, this country is divided into High and Low Germany... the provinces of Lower Germany towards the north conſiſt of the Low Country of the Rhine, Triers, Cologn, Mentz, Weſtphalia, Heſſe, Brunſwic, Miſnia, Luſatia, High Saxony upon the Elbe, Low Saxony upon the Elbe, Mecklenburg, Lauenburg, Brandenburg, Magdeburg, and Pomerania.
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state
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See also
| Area states: Baden-Württemberg · Bavaria · Brandenburg · Hesse · Lower Saxony · Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania · North Rhine-Westphalia · Rhineland-Palatinate · Saarland · Saxony · Saxony-Anhalt · Schleswig-Holstein · Thuringia |
| City states: Berlin · Bremen · Hamburg |
Noun
Saxony (countable and uncountable, plural Saxonies)
- A fine soft woollen fabric.
- Saxony yarn, or flannel made from this or similar yarn.