transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈsak-s(ə-)nē ]
geographical name
or German Sach·sen ˈzäk-sən
1. region & former duchy NW Germany S of Jutland Peninsula between the Elbe & the Rhine — see Lower Saxony
2. region & state of reunified Germany N of the Erzgebirge capital Dresden area 7081 square miles (18,340 square kilometers) , population 4,764,300 — see Saxe