Definitions for saxonies

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saxonies sax·o·ny

Spelling: [sak-suh-nee]

IPA: /ˈsæk sə ni/

Saxonies is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 207 anagrams from letters in saxonies (aeinossx).

Definitions for saxonies

noun

1. a fine, three-ply woolen yarn.
2. a soft-finish, compact fabric, originally of high-grade merino wool from Saxony, for topcoats and overcoats.
3. a pile carpet woven in the manner of a Wilton but with yarns of lesser quality.
4. a state in E central Germany. 6561 sq. mi. (16,990 sq. km). Capital: Dresden.
5. a former state of the Weimar Republic in E central Germany. 5788 sq. mi. (14,990 sq. km). Capital: Dresden.
6. a medieval division of N Germany with varying boundaries: extended at its height from the Rhine to E of the Elbe.

Origin of saxonies

First recorded in 1825-35

Examples for saxonies

At a chapel in saxony there was an image of a Virgin and Child.

(p. 399) Such a situation was terrible for the King of saxony.

The German lady was kept as a curiosity in the cabinet of the Elector of saxony.

The men composing these additions were from Bavaria, saxony, and Baden.

Luther was born the 10th of November, 1483, at Eisleben, in saxony.

But he pretended to retreat from saxony, and advance to Silesia.

The Duke of saxony wore grey hats which cost him four groschen.

For instance, he points out, Charlemagne treated saxony like his own personal punching bag.

Duke of saxony is his title, and he is quite rich in his own right.

When Crown Prince Friedrich Augustus of saxony married Maria Josepha of Austria in 1719, the party raged for a full 28 days.