"Hesse" meaning in English

See Hesse in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Forms: Hesses [plural]
Etymology: German Hesse. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|de|Hesse}} German Hesse Head templates: {{en-proper noun|~}} Hesse (countable and uncountable, plural Hesses)
  1. A former realm and modern state of Germany. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Hesse, Places in Germany, States of Germany Synonyms: Hessia, Hessen Related terms (Area states): Baden-Württemberg · Bavaria · Brandenburg · Hesse · Lower Saxony · Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania · North Rhine-Westphalia · Rhineland-Palatinate · Saarland · Saxony · Saxony-Anhalt · Schleswig-Holstein · Thuringia Related terms (City states): Berlin · Bremen · Hamburg Translations (state): Hesia (Albanian), هِسِّن (hissin) (Arabic), Հեսսեն (Hessen) (Armenian), Hessen (Catalan), 黑森 (Hēisēn) (Chinese Mandarin), Hessensko [neuter] (Czech), Hesensko [neuter] (Czech), Hessen (Danish), Hessen (Dutch), Hesujo (Esperanto), Hesio (Esperanto), Hessen (Finnish), Hesse (French), Assie (Friulian), ჰესენი (heseni) (Georgian), Hessen (German), Εσσή (Essí) (Greek), Hessen (Hungarian), Hesia (Ido), Assia [feminine] (Italian), ヘッセン (Hessen) (Japanese), 헤센 (Hesen) (Korean), Hassia [feminine] (Latin), Hesene (Latvian), Hesenas (Lithuanian), Hesseńska (Lower Sorbian), Хесен (Hesen) [masculine] (Macedonian), हेस्स (hessa) [neuter] (Marathi), Hesja (Polish), Hesse [masculine] (Portuguese), Héssia [feminine] (Portuguese), Ге́ссен (Géssen) [masculine] (Russian), Hesensko [neuter] (Slovak), Hesse (Spanish), Hessia (Spanish), Ге́ссен (Héssen) [masculine] (Ukrainian), Hessenska (Upper Sorbian), Hét-xen (Vietnamese), Hesän (Volapük), העסע (hese) (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-Hesse-en-name-VpmuBKKA Disambiguation of 'Area states': 76 24 Disambiguation of 'City states': 57 43 Disambiguation of 'state': 100 0
  2. (countable) A surname from German. Tags: countable
    Sense id: en-Hesse-en-name-gISmo46Y Categories (other): English surnames, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 41 59
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Hessean, Hessian Related terms: Hesseman, Hessemann

Alternative forms

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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Ге́ссен"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "state",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Hesensko"
    },
    {
      "code": "dsb",
      "lang": "Lower Sorbian",
      "sense": "state",
      "word": "Hesseńska"
    },
    {
      "code": "hsb",
      "lang": "Upper Sorbian",
      "sense": "state",
      "word": "Hessenska"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "state",
      "word": "Hesse"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "state",
      "word": "Hessia"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "Héssen",
      "sense": "state",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Ге́ссен"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "state",
      "word": "Hét-xen"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "state",
      "word": "Hesän"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "hese",
      "sense": "state",
      "word": "העסע"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Hesse"
  ],
  "word": "Hesse"
}

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