Saxe
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- proper noun
- In the 19th century, many European royal families traced their lineage back to the House of Saxe.
Examples
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White became universal as a wedding dress choice only after 1840, when Queen Victoria married Albert of Saxe-Coburg in a white lace gown.
Blog text (11) -
And this is Grand Duchess Sophie of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach.
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Windsor sounded more British than Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.
Fiction book (1994) -
The Protestants under Prince Bernard of Saxe-Weimar... are to the south, here.
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His Serene Highness Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Your Majesty.
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Goethe went on to do quite nicely for himself, acting among other capacities as minister for higher education in the duchy of Saxe-Weimar.
Academic text (1990) -
Saxe was historically the region from which the Saxons originated, located near the upper Elbe River.
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The cultural heritage of Saxe is prominent in many traditional festivals celebrated in Germany.
Synonyms
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A region in central and eastern Germany that is now a state around the upper Elbe river
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A region in eastern Germany around the city of Dresden and the Elbe river
Compounds
- Specialized
A small evergreen tree with thin drooping branches that people grow in gardens
Surface Forms
Etymology
Saxe is the name of the old land of the Saxons, the people who first lived there, and it is the same root you see in Saxony. A helpful way to remember this is that the tribe name may come from an old word seax meaning 'knife', so Saxe is 'the land of the Saxons', which is why it means the original homeland of that people.