Definition of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha

1. Noun. The name of the royal family that ruled Great Britain from 1901-1917; the name was changed to Windsor in 1917 in response to anti-German feelings in World War I.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha

Savonarola
Savonia
Savonian
Savoy
Savoy cabbage
Savoyard
Savoyards
Savoys
Savva
Sawan
Sawney
Sawneys
Sawyer
Saxbe fix
Saxe
Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (current term)
Saxe-gothea
Saxe-gothea conspicua
Saxegothea
Saxicola
Saxicola rubetra
Saxicola torquata
Saxifraga aizoides
Saxifraga granulata
Saxifraga hypnoides
Saxifraga occidentalis
Saxifraga oppositifolia
Saxifraga sarmentosam
Saxifraga stellaris
Saxifraga stolonifera

Literary usage of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"The mineral wealth of Saxe-Coburg- Gotha is insignificant ; email quantities of ... Besides the civil list the duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha enjoys a very large ..."

2. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1904)
"Saxe- Coburg-Gotha is represented by one member in the Bundesrat and returns ... Saxe-Coburg-Gotha joined the North German Confederation in 1806 and in 1871 ..."

3. Readings in the History of Education: A Collection of Sources and Readings by Ellwood Patterson Cubberley (1920)
"... German State in the seventeenth century was that of Ernest the Pious, who was the ruling prince of the little state of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, in Thuringia, ..."

4. Readings in the History of Education: A Collection of Sources and Readings by Ellwood Patterson Cubberley (1920)
"... of Duke Ernest of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (Digest of a description by Barnard, ... who was the ruling prince of the little state of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, ..."

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