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(sak′sə·nē) noun plural ·nies
1. A fabric made from wool raised in Saxony, central Germany.
2. A variety of fine yarn.
3. A glossy woolen cloth.
(sak′sə·nē)
1. A former duchy, electorate, and kingdom of central Germany.
2. A former Prussian province of central Germany, constituted in 1816, largely from the territories of the kingdom of Saxony; 9,753 square miles; capital, Magdeburg.
3. A former state of east central Germany, 1918–45; 5,789 square miles; capital, Dresden.
4. A former state of SE East Germany, 1949–52; 6,561 square miles; capital, Dresden. French Saxe, German Sachsen.
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