Nassau

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former state historic region

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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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Nassau (region)	1

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 NERFINISHED ⓘ Orange-Nassau ⓘ
borderedBy	Rothaar Mountains ⓘ surface form: Taunus mountains Westerwald ⓘ
coatOfArmsFeatures	golden lion on blue field ⓘ
country	Germany ⓘ
followedBy	Prussia ⓘ
hasCapital	Wiesbaden NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ Nassau County, New York NERFINISHED ⓘ 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 (12)

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

Austro-Prussian War → belligerent → Nassau ⓘ

Battle of Quatre Bras → belligerent → Nassau ⓘ

Duchy of Nassau → commonName → Nassau ⓘ

Waterloo Campaign → countryInvolved → Nassau ⓘ

Nassau William Senior → givenName → Nassau ⓘ

German Customs Union → hasPart → Nassau ⓘ

County of Nassau-Hadamar → historicalRegion → Nassau ⓘ

House of Nassau → historicalRegion → Nassau ⓘ

Battle of Nassau → location → Nassau ⓘ

House of Nassau-Weilburg → originatesFromRegion → Nassau ⓘ

County of Nassau-Dillenburg → partOf → Nassau ⓘ

Duke of Nassau → titleTerritorialBase → Nassau ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nassau (region)