Nassau may refer to:

Places

Bahamas

Nassau, Bahamas Nassau ( ) is the capital and largest city of the Bahamas. With a population of 274,400 as of 2016, or just over 70% of the entire population of the Bahamas, Nassau is commonly defined as a primate city, dwarfing all other towns in the country. ...

, capital city of the Bahamas, on the island of New Providence

Canada

*Nassau District, renamed

Home District The Home District was one of four districts of the Province of Quebec created in 1788 in the western reaches of the Montreal District and detached in 1791 to create the new colony of Upper Canada. It was abolished with the adoption of the county ...

, 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

Nassau, Rhineland-Palatinate Nassau ( , also , , ) is a town located in the Germany, German States of Germany, state of Rhineland-Palatinate. It lies in the valley of the river Lahn between the towns of Bad Ems and Limburg an der Lahn. Nassau was the seat of the former Ve ...

, a town founded in AD 915 *

Nassau (region) Nassau ( , also , , ) is a geographical, historical and cultural region in today's Rhineland-Palatinate and Hesse in western Germany. Named for the town of Nassau, it includes the territory of the Duchy of Nassau, a former sovereign country ...

, the broader geographical and historical region comprising the former independent country Nassau *

Nassau (Verbandsgemeinde) Nassau is a former ''Verbandsgemeinde'' ("collective municipality") in the Rhein-Lahn-Kreis, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. In January 2019 it was merged into the new ''Verbandsgemeinde'' Bad Ems-Nassau. Its seat was in Nassau, Germany, Nassau. ...

, an administrative district including the town of Nassau and its surrounding areas * 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 * Nassau Castle, the ancestral seat of the House of Nassau *

Nassau Nature Park The Nassau Nature Park (german: Naturpark Nassau) is a nature park in the southwestern Westerwald and the northwestern Taunus area of the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, located within the historical state of Nassau and including the town ...

, a major nature park in Germany located within the historical state of Nassau *

Nassau, Saxony Nassau is a small village near Dresden, the capital city of Saxony, and located in the Ore Mountains (Central Europe), Ore Mountains. It is part of the municipality Frauenstein, Saxony, Frauenstein. The church of Nassau holds one of the last Organ ...

, a village in the Ore Mountains

Hong Kong

*Nassau Street, Lai Chi Kok,

Kowloon Kowloon () is an urban area in Hong Kong comprising the Kowloon Peninsula and New Kowloon. With a population of 2,019,533 and a population density of in 2006, it is the most populous area in Hong Kong, compared with Hong Kong Island and t ...

Indonesia

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

Ireland

Nassau Street, Dublin Nassau Street (; ) is a street in central Dublin, running along the south side of Trinity College. It goes from Grafton Street in the west to the junction of South Leinster Street and Kildare Street in the east. History and naming Formerly k ...

Jamaica

* Nassau Valley

Netherlands

* Baarle-Nassau, a town in the southern Netherlands

Taiwan

* historic name for

Taitung City Taitung City () is a county-administered city and the county seat of Taitung County, Taiwan. It lies on the southeast coast of Taiwan facing the Pacific Ocean. Taitung City is the most populous subdivision of Taitung County and it is one of the ...

United States

* Nassau, Delaware *

Nassau County, Florida Nassau County is the northeasternmost county of the U.S. state of Florida. According to the 2020 United States Census, the county's population was 90,352. The county seat and the largest incorporated city is Fernandina Beach. Nassau County is ...

* 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 is a village located in the Town of Nassau in Rensselaer County, New York, United States. The population was 1,133 at the 2010 census. The Village of Nassau is in the southern part of the county in the Town of Nassau, with a small west ...

* Nassau County, New York, on Long Island *

Nassau Island Long Island is a densely populated island in the southeastern region of the U.S. state of New York, part of the New York metropolitan area. With over 8 million people, Long Island is the most populous island in the United States and the 18th- ...

, former name of Long Island *

Nassau Lake Nassau Lake is a reservoir located in Rensselaer County, New York. Jonathan Hoag, who settled in Nassau (town), New York, Nassau in 1792, purchased of Patroon Stephen Van Rensselaer, several hundred acres of land on and adjoining the site of the ...

in Rensselaer County *

Nassau Lake, New York Nassau Lake is a census-designated place (CDP) in the towns of Schodack and Nassau in Rensselaer County, New York, United States. It was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census. Nassau Lake CDP is in southern Rensselaer County, surround ...

, corresponding census-designated place *

Nassau Street (Manhattan) Nassau Street is in the Financial District, within the borough of Manhattan in New York City. Its southern end is at the intersection with Broad Street and Wall Street, and its northern end is at Spruce Street, at Pace University near the foo ...

, New York City * Nassau Street (Princeton, New Jersey) *

Nassau Bay, Texas Nassau Bay is a city in Harris County, Texas, United States, bordering the southeastern edge of the city of Houston. It is located in the Clear Lake Area near Galveston Bay, directly adjacent to the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center. The populatio ...

People

Nobles

* House of Nassau, a European aristocratic dynasty *

House of Orange-Nassau The House of Orange-Nassau (Dutch: ''Huis van Oranje-Nassau'', ) is the current reigning house of the Netherlands. A branch of the European House of Nassau, the house has played a central role in the politics and government of the Netherlands ...

, a noble dynasty from the Netherlands * Louis of Nassau (1538–1574), Dutch general *

Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange Maurice of Orange ( nl, Maurits van Oranje; 14 November 1567 – 23 April 1625) was ''stadtholder'' of all the provinces of the Dutch Republic except for Friesland from 1585 at the earliest until his death in 1625. Before he became Prince o ...

(1567–1625), Dutch stadtholder * Sophia of Nassau (1836–1913), Queen consort of Sweden and Norway *

William Nassau de Zuylestein, 4th Earl of Rochford William Henry Nassau de Zuylestein, 4th Earl of Rochford, KG, PC (17 September 1717 O.S. – 29 September 1781) was a British courtier, diplomat and statesman of Anglo-Dutch descent. He occupied senior ambassadorial posts at Madrid and Paris, ...

(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) Maria of Nassau may refer to: *Maria of Nassau (1539–1599), daughter of William the Rich and Juliana of Stolberg *Maria of Nassau (1553–1554), first daughter of William the Silent and Anna of Egmond *Maria of Nassau (1556–1616), second daughte ...

William of Nassau (disambiguation) William of Nassau may refer to: * William I, Count of Nassau-Siegen (1487–1559), William the Rich * William the Silent, count of Nassau (1533–1584); later Willem of Orange ** Alternative title for Het Wilhelmus, the Dutch national anthem (name ...

Surname

Charles William Nassau Reverend Charles William Nassau D.D., (April 12, 1804 – August 6, 1878) was a Presbyterian minister and the fourth president of Lafayette College serving from 1849 to 1850. Early life Charles Nassau was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in ...

(1804–1878), Presbyterian minister, president of Lafayette College

People with the 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'' (steamboat), 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 (Staten Island Railway station), United States *

Nassau Coliseum Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum (or simply the Nassau Coliseum) is a multi-purpose indoor arena in Uniondale, New York, east of New York City. The Long Island venue is approximately east of the eastern limits of the New York City Borough of ...

, 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 The Nassau Light Railway (''Nassauische Kleinbahn AG'') was a narrow gauge railway in Nassau, Germany, connecting the Lahn, Aar and Rhine ), Surselva, Graubünden, Switzerland , source1_coordinates= , source1_elevation = , source2 ...

, a German railway company * ''

Nassauische Neue Presse ''Nassauische Neue Presse'' (''Nassau New Press'') is a newspaper in the Nassau region in western Germany, covering the area of the historical state of Nassau. It has a circulation of over 20,000, and was founded in 1948. It is owned by Frankfurter ...

'', a German newspaper in the Nassau area *

Nassau (crater) Nassau is a lunar impact crater on the Moon's far side. It abuts against the northeastern rim of the figure-8-shaped crater Van de Graaff. To the southeast of Nassau lies the crater Leeuwenhoek Antonie Philips van Leeuwenhoek ( ; ; 24 O ...

, a lunar impact crater on the far side of the Moon *

Nassau Club The Nassau Club of Princeton, New Jersey, founded in 1889 by, among others, Woodrow Wilson as a town-and-gown club to bring the townspeople and the University faculty together, is now a private social club. It moved into its current location in 1 ...

, a private club in Princeton, New Jersey, founded by Woodrow Wilson