Saxony
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- proper noun
- East Germany inherited five prewar states: Mecklenburg, Brandenburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Saxony, and Thuringia, which were abolished in 1952 and reorganized into fifteen counties.
- elector of Saxony
- state of Saxony
Examples
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Burdened with the highest population density of all major German states, Saxony became heavily industrialized during the nineteenth century.
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In the case of Saxony, the Russian zone cuts off the American and British zones from their counterparts there.
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In Saxony, invention management is still to a great extent defined as institutional responsibility.
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State Involvement in Invention Management in Saxony before Reunification in 1990
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In 1759, Maria Amalia of Saxony was still living, and her second son, Charles, was only eight.
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When the first issues of the Heimatbriefe appeared in late 1934, the VDA in Saxony could look back at fifty years of nationalist activism.
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Anna of Saxony was, at least, allowed the dignity of being buried in her family's ancestral tomb at Meissen.
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In November 1944, after a second selection by Mengele, Lilli was transferred to a slave-labor camp near Zittau, in Saxony, to manufacture aircraft parts.
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After the reunification, Saxony became a prominent region known for its rich cultural heritage.
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Saxony is famous for its historic cities, including Dresden and Leipzig, which attract many tourists each year.
Synonyms
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An old area in Germany where the Saxons first lived
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7.9
A region in eastern Germany around the city of Dresden and the Elbe river
Surface Forms
Morphology
Saxony = Saxon (transparent) = Saxon + y
If a learner knows 'Saxon' (the people), they can readily infer 'Saxony' as the land/region associated with the Saxons.
Etymology
Saxony comes from the name of the Saxons, a people whose name came from an old German word seax meaning 'knife'. So Saxony originally meant 'the land of the Saxons' (called Sachsen in German) and today it is the name of a region in Germany.