Nassau

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Nassau is a historic region in western Germany that gave its name to a prominent European noble house and later influenced the naming of the Bahamas’ capital city.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Nassau canonical 32
Nassau region 3
Province of Nassau 3

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former state
historic region
annexationYear 1866
annexedBy Prussia
surface form: Kingdom of Prussia
associatedDynasty House of Nassau
associatedWith Duchy of Nassau
Orange-Nassau
borderedBy Rothaar Mountains
surface form: Taunus mountains

Westerwald
coatOfArmsFeatures golden lion on blue field
country Germany
followedBy Prussia
hasCapital Wiesbaden
hasHeritage German noble traditions
hasRiver Lahn
historicalEconomy agriculture
mining
viticulture
historicalReligion Protestant Christianity
surface form: Protestantism

Roman Catholicism
historicalStatus county
duchy
sovereign state
historicalTerritoryOf House of Nassau
influencedNameOf Nassau
surface form: Nassau (capital of the Bahamas)

Nassau County, Florida
Nassau County, New York
Nassau
surface form: Nassau, Bahamas
influencedToponymyIn Caribbean
North America
language German
locatedIn Hesse
Rhineland-Palatinate
western Germany
namedAfter House of Nassau
partOf Central Europe
German Confederation
Holy Roman Empire
predecessor County of Nassau
presentIn state of Hesse
Rhineland-Palatinate
surface form: state of Rhineland-Palatinate
regionType cultural region
historical principality
successor Province of Hesse-Nassau
usedAsTitleBy House of Orange-Nassau
surface form: Dutch royal family

Grand Ducal Court of Luxembourg
surface form: Luxembourg royal family

Referenced by (42)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of Nassau location Nassau
Duchy of Nassau commonName Nassau
Duke of Nassau titleTerritorialBase Nassau
this entity surface form: Nassau (region)
Province of Hesse-Nassau reorganizedInto Nassau
this entity surface form: Province of Nassau
John VII, Count of Nassau-Siegen hasTerritorialBase Nassau
this entity surface form: Nassau region
Nassau, Germany historicalRegion Nassau
this entity surface form: Nassau (region)
Nassau Castle occupant Nassau
this entity surface form: Counts of Nassau
Senior givenName Nassau
subject surface form: Nassau William Senior
John Louis of Nassau-Hadamar category Nassau
this entity surface form: Counts of Nassau
Hesse-Nassau successor Nassau
this entity surface form: Province of Nassau
Hesse-Nassau namedAfter Nassau
Count of Nassau hasTerritorialBase Nassau
this entity surface form: Nassau region
Ottonian line originRegion Nassau
Prussian provinces hasPart Nassau
this entity surface form: Province of Nassau
Count of Nassau-Weilburg locatedIn Nassau
this entity surface form: Nassau region