Lower Saxony
geographical name
variants:
or German Niedersachsen \ ˌnē-dər-ˈzäḵ-sən 
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Definition of Lower Saxony
state of Germany and formerly of West Germany bordering on the North Sea and the Netherlands; capital Hannover area 18,305 square miles (47,410 square kilometers), population 7,777,992 — see saxony sense 1