Saksa

Borrowed from Old Saxon Sahso (“a Saxon, a Low German”), a tribe/people inhabiting northern Germany (not to be confused with modern Saxony). Germans in general were identified with (Old) Saxons because contact with the German-speaking countries happened at first mainly via the Baltic Sea with people speaking Low German. Ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *sahsō. Cognate with Estonian Saksamaa (literally “Saxon land”). Doublet of saksa, sakset, saksi (“claw”), saksi (“Saxon”), Saksi, sax, and seax.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɑksɑ/, [ˈs̠ɑ̝ks̠ɑ̝]

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• Rhymes: -ɑksɑ
• Syllabification^(key): Sak‧sa

Saksa

1. Germany (a country in Central Europe)

   Synonyms: Saksanmaa, (historical) Germania

2. a Finnish surname

• Exceptionally, the country name Saksa (“Germany”) has a plural as from 1949 to 1990 there were two German states: Länsi-Saksa (“West Germany”) and Itä-Saksa (“East Germany”).

• saksa

• Saksa is the 1547^th (tied with 1 other surname) most common surname in Finland, belonging to 555 individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

• Itä-Saksa
• Länsi-Saksa
• (countries of Europe) Euroopan maat; Alankomaat, Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Azerbaidžan, Belgia, Bosnia ja Hertsegovina, Bulgaria, Espanja, Georgia, Irlanti, Islanti, Iso-Britannia, Italia, Itävalta, Kazakstan, Kreikka, Kroatia, Kypros, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Liettua, Luxemburg, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Norja, Pohjois-Makedonia, Portugali, Puola, Ranska, Romania, Ruotsi, Saksa, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Suomi, Sveitsi, Tanska, Tšekki, Turkki, Ukraina, Unkari, Valko-Venäjä, Vatikaani, Venäjä, Viro ^{(Category: fi:Countries in Europe)}

• kassa

From saksa. Akin to Finnish Saksa.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈsɑksɑ/, [ˈs̠ɑks̠]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈsɑksɑ/, [ˈʃɑkʃɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑks, -ɑksɑ
• Hyphenation: Sak‧sa

Saksa

1. Germany (a country in Europe)

• L. G. Terehova, V. G. Erdeli (1936) P. I. Maksimov and N. A. Iljin, transl., Geografia: oppikirja iƶoroin alkușkoulun neljättä klaassaa vart (toine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 46