Standard Lemma guide

Saxony

name · noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

  • /ˈsæksəni/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: S AE1 K S AH0 N IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A state of modern Germany, located in the east, far from historical Saxon lands. Official name: Free State of Saxony.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

A historical region and former duchy in north-central Germany.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Saxe

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A fine soft woollen fabric.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

Saxony yarn, or flannel made from this or similar yarn.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

an area in Germany around the upper Elbe river; the original home of the Saxons

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Sachsen, Saxe

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: geographical area, geographic area, geographical region, geographic region

History

Etymology

From Middle English Saxonie, from Latin Saxōnia, from Saxō (stem Saxōn-) + -ia. By surface analysis, Saxon + -y.

Across languages

Translations

68 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: Saksonia — state
  • Arabic: صاقس (ṣāqis) — state
  • Arabic: سكسونيا (saksūniyā) — state
  • Armenian: Սաքսոնիա (Sakʻsonia) — state
  • Asturian: Saxonia — state
  • Belarusian: Саксо́нія (Saksónija) — state
  • Bulgarian: Саксо́ния (Saksónija) — state
  • Catalan: Saxònia — state
  • Chinese Mandarin: 薩克森州 /萨克森州 (Sàkèsēn Zhōu) — state
  • Czech: Sasko — state
  • Danish: Sachsen — state
  • Dutch: Saksen — state
  • Esperanto: Saksio — state
  • Esperanto: Saksujo — state
  • Estonian: Saksimaa — state
  • Faroese: Saksland — state
  • Finnish: Saksi — state
  • French: Saxe — state
  • Old French: Sessoigne — state
  • West-Frisian: Saksen — state
  • Friulian: Sassonie — state
  • Galician: Saxonia — state
  • Georgian: საქსონია (saksonia) — state
  • German: Sachsen — state
  • Bavarian German: Saggsn — state
  • Central Franconian: Saxe — state
  • German: Saksä — state
  • Greek: Σαξωνία (Saxonía) — state
  • Hindi: सैक्सनी (saiksanī) — state
  • Hungarian: Szászország — state
  • Icelandic: Saxland — state
  • Ido: Saxonia — state
  • Interlingua: Saxonia — state
  • Irish: An tSacsain — state
  • Italian: Sassonia — state
  • Japanese: ザクセン (Zakusen) — state
  • Korean: 작센 (Jaksen) — state
  • Latin: Saxonia — state
  • Latvian: Saksija — state
  • Lithuanian: Saksonija — state
  • Low German: Sassen — state
  • Macedonian: Саксонија (Saksonija) — state
  • Marathi: सॅक्सनी (sĕksanī) — state
  • Norwegian: Sachsen — state
  • Old English: Ealdseaxan — state
  • Old English: Seaxland — state
  • Old Norse: Saxland — state
  • Polish: Saksonia — state
  • Old Polish: Saś — state
  • Brazilian Portuguese: Saxônia — state
  • European Portuguese: Saxónia — state
  • Punjabi: ਜ਼ਾਕਸਨ (zāksan) — state
  • Romanian: Saxonia — state
  • Romansh: Saxonia — state
  • Russian: Саксо́ния (Saksónija) — state
  • Slovak: Sasko — state
  • Slovene: Saška — state
  • Lower Sorbian: Sakska — state
  • Lower Sorbian: Saksojska — state
  • Upper Sorbian: Sakska — state
  • Spanish: Sajonia — state
  • Swedish: Sachsen — state
  • Turkish: Saksonya — state
  • Ukrainian: Саксо́нія (Saksónija) — state
  • Vietnamese: Sachsen — state
  • Vietnamese: Dắc-den — state
  • Volapük: Saxän — state
  • Yiddish: זאַקסן (zaksn) — state
Real reading context

Saxony in complete knowledge articles