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sax

noun

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /sæks/

name

  1. Acronym of Simple API for XML.

noun

Etymology: Clipping of saxe blue, from the name of the region of Saxony.

  1. a shade of colour similar to sky blue

verb

Etymology: Clipping of saxophone. Distantly related to etymology 1 above, because the “Sax” surname is a cognate.

  1. To play the saxophone