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Saxony

Saxony is a federal state in the east of Germany.
It's south from Brandenburg and Saxony-Anhalt, east from Thuringia and north-east from Bavaria. Poland and the Czech Republic attack it in the west.
The German name for Saxony is ”Sachsen”.

People in Saxony talk in different dialects/accents, including various versions of Saxon (German: Sächsisch), Ore Mountains dialect (German: Erzgebirgisch), Vogtland dialect (Vogtländisch), as well as Standard German.
There also live people of a culture called Sorbs (German: Sorben) which has West Slavic origins.

A few of famous people that were born and/or live(d) in Saxony are August der Starke (former elector), Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (poet), Richard Wagner (composer), Karl May (author), Michael Ballack (football player), and Tom Pauls (comedian and cabaret artist).

Saxon food includes quarkkeulchen, green dumplings (Grüne Klöße), sauerbraten in Saxon style, barley soup with smoked pork (Graupensuppe mit Kassler), elderberry soup, cabbage rolls (Kohlrouladen), potato pancakes (Kartoffelpuffer), quark cake, and many more.
Most Saxon people LOVE to drink coffee.

They generally are very nice, smart and funny.

The TU Leipzig, located in the north-west of Saxony, is one of Germany's best universities.

Saxony's capital city is Dresden.
A: ”You're German ? Where exactly in Germany are you from ?”

B: ”I'm from Saxony.”
by Auryn-Ouroboros May 3, 2021
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Sardonic

Implies scorn, mockery, or derision that is manifested by either verbal or facial expression.
Two sisters are talking older sister says " I am sooo special!" Little sister smiles a wicked smile and says "Yes, you ARE special, now go get your helmet your lil' bus in here!" Wow, the older sisters friends say " Your lil' sister is soooo Sardonic"...
by M.Boyle April 24, 2007
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anglo-saxon

The Germanic-speaking descendants of three tribes, the Angles, Saxons, and Jutes, who came from Denmark, northwestern Germany, and Holland, who settled in what are now England and southern Scotland in the fifth century, displacing the native Celts. Though they had close cultural ties with Scandinavia, they were on the recieving end of the Viking Raids from 793 to 1066, when the Anglo-Saxon government (now mostly under the control of Vikings) was annihilated by the Normans, a powerful group of French-speaking Vikings.
Beowulf is a notable example of Anglo-Saxon verse.
by El_Haggis September 11, 2006
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negro-saxon

A black man fishing in a boat; Or a band of black men dressed as vikings.
Looks a that negro-saxon fishing in the river.
by Taylor Gulledge February 26, 2009
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anglo-saxon

One of descent from England, but no-where else (not even other parts of the united kingdom) who can trace his or her mitochrondric DNA to either the anglo mitochrondric eves or the saxons mitochrondric eves. Basically, if your family lived in England before 1066, you are of anglo-saxon descent. This label is NOT extended to Normans. Simply being pre-plantagenet is not enough to be considered anglo-saxon.
Many people who believe they are white anglo-saxons are infact, not.
by Gumba Gumba August 5, 2004
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saxon

Saxon is a GameFAQs.com message board user that is extremely popular, thought to be a legendary "joke" account.
Saxon = Joke account.
by Mack November 20, 2003
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Sardony

Mocking or cynical remark or humor. It is the noun form of sardonic and modeled after irony.
The sardony was written all over his face when it was revealed that that the department manager that had scolded him for making personal copies at the office had been just been dismissed for embezzlement.
by Dubhloaich August 21, 2017
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