Nassau Explained

Nassau, derived from the town of Nassau on the Lahn River in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, gained historical significance through the House of Nassau. The noble dynasty later formed the Dutch royal House of Orange-Nassau following William I's inheritance of the Principality of Orange in 1544, leading to the adoption of the name Nassau across various locations and institutions worldwide. The name traces its etymology to German nass (wet) and Au(e) (floodplain).

Nassau may refer to:

Places

Austria

• Nassau (Groß Sankt Florian), incorporated village of Groß Sankt Florian

Bahamas

• Nassau, The Bahamas, capital city of the Bahamas, on the island of New Providence

Canada

• Nassau District, renamed Home District, regional division in Upper Canada from 1788 to 1792
• Nassau Street (Winnipeg), Manitoba
• Nassau Street, Toronto

Cook Islands

• Nassau (Cook Islands), one of the Northern Cook Islands

Germany

Connected with Nassau, Rhineland-Palatinate

• Nassau (region), the broader geographical and historical region comprising the former independent country of Nassau
• Nassau, Rhineland-Palatinate, a town founded in AD 915
• Bad Ems-Nassau, a collective municipality including the towns of Bad Ems and Nassau and its surrounding areas
• Nassau Castle, the ancestral seat of the House of Nassau
• Nassau Nature Park, a major nature park in Germany located within the historical state of Nassau
• County of Nassau, a German state within the Holy Roman Empire during the Middle Ages, or one of its many successor counties
• Duchy of Nassau, an independent German state between 1806 and 1866 and the ultimate successor of the medieval county
• Hesse-Nassau, a Prussian province formed following their annexation of the Duchy of Nassau (along with other territories)
• Province of Nassau, a short-lived province of Nazi Germany (1944–1945) created from the formal division of Hesse-Nassau

Other places in Germany

• Nassau, Saxony, an incorporated village of Frauenstein in the Ore Mountains, Saxony

Nassau the Established County or State within the German Confederation or the HRE

Indonesia

• Nassau, a subdistrict in Toba Samosir Regency, North Sumatra
• Nassau Range, alternate name of the Sudirman Range in Indonesia

Ireland

• Nassau Street, Dublin

Jamaica

• Nassau Valley

Netherlands

• Baarle-Nassau, a town in the southern Netherlands

Poland

• Mokra, Opole Voivodeship (German: Mokrau, named Nassau O.S. 1936–1945)

Slovenia

• Nasova (formerly German: Nassau in der Steiermark)

Taiwan

• historic name for Taitung City

United States

• Nassau, Delaware
• Nassau County, Florida
• Nassau Village-Ratliff, Florida
• Nassau, Minnesota
• Nassau, New York (disambiguation)
• East Nassau, New York
• Nassau (town), New York, in Rensselaer County
  • Nassau (village), New York Nassau County, New York, on Long Island
• Nassau Island, former name of Long Island
• Nassau Lake in Rensselaer County
• Nassau Lake, New York, corresponding census-designated place
• Nassau Street (Manhattan), New York City
• Nassau Street (Princeton, New Jersey)
• Nassau Bay, Texas

People

Nobles

• House of Nassau, a European aristocratic dynasty
• House of Orange-Nassau, a noble dynasty from the Netherlands
• Louis of Nassau (1538–1574), Dutch general
• Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange (1567–1625), Dutch stadtholder
• Sophia of Nassau (1836–1913), Queen consort of Sweden and Norway
• William Nassau de Zuylestein, 4th Earl of Rochford (1717–1781), British courtier, diplomat, and statesman
• House of Nassau-Siegen
• John Maurice of Nassau (1604–1679), Dutch colonial governor
• House of Nassau-Weilburg, a noble dynasty from Germany, monarchs of Luxembourg
• Adolf of Nassau (disambiguation)
• Adolph of Nassau-Weilburg (disambiguation)
• Maria of Nassau (disambiguation)
• William of Nassau (disambiguation)

Surname

• Charles William Nassau (1804–1878), Presbyterian minister, president of Lafayette College

Given name

• Nassau William Senior (1790–1864), English lawyer and economist

Ships

• , a UK Royal Navy name for many ships
• HNLMS Johan Maurits van Nassau, ships of the Netherlands navy
• MV Queen of Nassau, name of HMCS Canada after exiting government service
• Nassau-class battleship, an Imperial German battleship class
• SMS Nassau, a 1908 German battleship
• SS Nassau, a steam turbine-driven twin-screw passenger-and-cargo ocean liner, launched in 1928
• , a U.S. Navy ship name for multiple ships
• Nassau, the first steam ferry, built by Robert Fulton

Other uses

• Nassau (album), a 1995 album by The Sea and Cake
• Nassau (bet), a type of bet between golfers
• Nassau (crater), a lunar impact crater on the far side of the Moon
• Nassau (Staten Island Railway station), United States
• Nassau Club, a private club in Princeton, New Jersey, founded by Woodrow Wilson
• Nassau Coliseum, an arena in Uniondale, New York, United States
• Nassau Fjord, in Prince William Sound, Alaska
• Nassau grouper, an endangered species of fish
• Nassau Hall, Princeton University, New Jersey, United States
• Nassau Light Railway, a German railway company
• "Nassau", a song by Shakira from Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran, 2024

See also

• Battle of Nassau (disambiguation)
• Fort Nassau (disambiguation)
• Nassau County (disambiguation)
• Nassau Street (disambiguation)
• Nassau Village (disambiguation)
• Orange-Nassau (disambiguation)