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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A region and former duchy of central Germany north and east of the Main and Rhine Rivers. The region became a duchy in 1806 and was absorbed by Prussia in 1866.
- The capital and largest city of the Bahamas, on the northeast coast of New Providence Island in the Atlantic Ocean east of Miami, Florida. Settled in the 1600s, it was a haven for pirates in the 1700s.
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- proper noun The capital of the
Bahamas .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the capital of the Bahamas
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Examples
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NASSAU, BAHAMAS, February 03, 2010/24-7PressRelease/-- Your Last Shot and The Bahamas Baseball Federation hosted a four day Baseball camp in Nassau, The Bahamas from January 28 -
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And the bourbon chicken at Cajun Maggies on John St. between Broadway and Nassau is no exception and may be — dare I say? — “even better than the malls.”
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There was the 13 mile long Merrick to Jamaica plank road on what is now Merrick Road in Nassau and Queens.
Matthew Yglesias » Mass Transit is As American as Apple Pie 2010
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Susanne Igneri filed a complaint last week in Nassau County Supreme Court against the luxury hotel, which is owned and operated by Hilton Worldwide.
Waldorf Bug Suit Melanie Grayce West 2010
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I only wish it were a little closer to me (Im in Nassau) because my wife and I try to eat organic and local every chance we get.
Can't Wait for our Garden of Eve Organic Farm CSA to Start 2008
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But fewer than 100 guests -- and no stars anyone could recognize -- turned up for Anna Nicole Smith's funeral in Nassau on Friday, an extravagant ceremony that brought the world's eyes onto the simple Baptist church and the now-famous hillside cemetery where she is buried.
Archive 2007-02-25 Bill Crider 2007
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The case is Maron v. Silver, 21984/06 and was originally filed in Nassau County.
News Item 2007
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Nassau is theairline hub to the Out Islands, and dozens of flights from the United Statesarrive there daily.
Best Bahamas Bonefish Lodges by Field & Stream's John Merwin 2006
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When I landed here in Nassau, and did some interviews to promote PokerStars and the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, I commented that even if I didn't make the money, the "consolation prize of a week" in paradise with my wife would do quite nicely.
In Exile 2006
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When I landed here in Nassau, and did some interviews to promote PokerStars and the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, I commented that even if I didn't make the money, the "consolation prize of a week" in paradise with my wife would do quite nicely.
In Exile 2006
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