Saxony

English

Etymology

From Middle English Saxonie, from Latin Saxōnia, from Saxō (stem Saxōn-) + -ia. By surface analysis, Saxon +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsæksəni/

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Proper noun

Saxony

2. A state of modern Germany, located in the east, far from historical Saxon lands. Official name: Free State of Saxony.
4. A historical region and former duchy in north-central 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.

Derived terms

• Anglo-Saxony
• Lower Saxony
• Saxony-Anhalt

Translations

state

• Albanian: Saksonia
• Arabic: صاقس m (ṣāqis), سكسونيا m (saksūniyā)
• Armenian: Սաքսոնիա (Sakʻsonia)
• Asturian: Saxonia (ast)
• Bavarian: Saggsn
• Belarusian: Саксо́нія f (Saksónija)
• Bulgarian: Саксо́ния f (Saksónija)
• Catalan: Saxònia (ca) f
• Central Franconian: Saxe
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 薩克森州 / 萨克森州 (zh) (Sàkèsēn Zhōu)

• Czech: Sasko (cs)
• Danish: Sachsen
• Dutch: Saksen (nl)
• Esperanto: Saksio, Saksujo
• Estonian: Saksimaa
• Faroese: Saksland n
• Finnish: Saksi (fi)
• French: Saxe (fr) f

  Old French: Sessoigne

• Friulian: Sassonie f
• Galician: Saxonia
• Georgian: საქსონია (saksonia)
• German: Sachsen (de) n
• Greek: Σαξωνία f (Saxonía)
• Hindi: सैक्सनी (saiksanī)
• Hungarian: Szászország (hu)
• Icelandic: Saxland n
• Ido: Saxonia (io)
• Interlingua: Saxonia
• Irish: An tSacsain f
• Italian: Sassonia (it) f
• Japanese: ザクセン (Zakusen)
• Korean: 작센 (Jaksen)
• Latin: Saxonia f
• Latvian: Saksija f
• Lithuanian: Saksonija f
• Low German:

  Dutch Low Saxon: Saksen n

  German Low German: Sassen n

• Macedonian: Саксонија f (Saksonija)
• Marathi: सॅक्सनी m (sĕksanī)
• Norwegian: Sachsen (no)
• Old English: Ealdseaxan m pl, Seaxland n
• Old Norse: Saxland n
• Old Polish: Saś f
• Polish: Saksonia (pl) f
• Portuguese:

  Brazilian: Saxônia f

  European: Saxónia f

• Punjabi: ਜ਼ਾਕਸਨ (zāksan)
• Rhine Franconian: Saksä
• Romanian: Saxonia f
• Romansch: Saxonia
• Russian: Саксо́ния (ru) f (Saksónija)
• Slovak: Sasko (sk)
• Slovene: Saška (sl) f
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: Sakska f, Saksojska f

  Upper Sorbian: Sakska (hsb) f

• Spanish: Sajonia (es)
• Swedish: Sachsen (sv)
• Turkish: Saksonya
• Ukrainian: Саксо́нія f (Saksónija)
• Vietnamese: Sachsen, Dắc-den
• Volapük: Saxän (vo)
• West Frisian: Saksen
• Yiddish: זאַקסן (zaksn)

Noun

Saxony (countable and uncountable, plural Saxonies)

1. A fine soft woollen fabric.
2. Saxony yarn, or flannel made from this or similar yarn.