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'''Hesse'''{{efn|{{IPAc-en|h|ɛ|s}} {{respell|HESS}},<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia |url=http://www.lexico.com/definition/Hesse |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200322182128/https://www.lexico.com/definition/hesse |url-status=dead |archive-date=22 March 2020 |title=Hesse |dictionary=[[Lexico]] UK English Dictionary |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]}}</ref> {{IPAc-en|USalso|ˈ|h|ɛ|s|ə|,_|ˈ|h|ɛ|s|i}} {{respell|HESS|ə|,_|HESS|ee}};<ref>{{Cite Merriam-Webster|Hesse|access-date=16 March 2018}}</ref> {{IPA|de|ˈhɛzə|label=[[Hessian dialect]]:|generic=yes}}.}} or '''Hessen'''{{efn|Sometimes known as '''Hessia''' in English ({{IPAc-en|UK|ˈ|h|ɛ|s|i|ə}} {{respell|HESS|ee|ə}}, {{IPAc-en|US|ˈ|h|ɛ|ʃ|ə}} {{respell|HESH|ə}})}} ({{langx|de|Hessen}} {{IPA|de|ˈhɛsn̩||de-Hessen.ogg}}), officially the '''State of Hesse''' ({{langx|de|links=no|Land Hessen}}), is a [[States of Germany|state]] in [[Germany]]. Its capital city is [[Wiesbaden]], and the largest [[urban area]] is [[Frankfurt]], which is also the country's principal [[financial centre]]. Two other major historic cities are [[Darmstadt]] and [[Kassel]]. With an area of 21,114.73 square kilometers and a population of over six million, it ranks seventh and fifth, respectively, among the sixteen German states. [[Frankfurt Rhine-Main]], Germany's second-largest metropolitan area (after [[Rhine-Ruhr]]), is mainly located in Hesse.

'''Hesse'''{{efn|{{IPAc-en|h|ɛ|s}} {{respell|HESS}},<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia |url=http://www.lexico.com/definition/Hesse |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200322182128/https://www.lexico.com/definition/hesse |url-status=dead |archive-date=22 March 2020 |title=Hesse |dictionary=[[Lexico]] UK English Dictionary |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]}}</ref> {{IPAc-en|USalso|ˈ|h|ɛ|s|ə|,_|ˈ|h|ɛ|s|i}} {{respell|HESS|ə|,_|HESS|ee}};<ref>{{Cite Merriam-Webster|Hesse|access-date=16 March 2018}}</ref> {{IPA|de|ˈhɛzə|label=[[Hessian dialect]]:|generic=yes}}.}} or '''Hessen'''{{efn|Sometimes known as '''Hessia''' in English ({{IPAc-en|UK|ˈ|h|ɛ|s|i|ə}} {{respell|HESS|ee|ə}}, {{IPAc-en|US|ˈ|h|ɛ|ʃ|ə}} {{respell|HESH|ə}})}} ({{langx|de|Hessen}} {{IPA|de|ˈhɛsn̩||de-Hessen.ogg}}), officially the '''State of Hessen''' ({{langx|de|links=no|Land Hessen}}), is a [[States of Germany|state]] in [[Germany]]. Its capital city is [[Wiesbaden]], and the largest [[urban area]] is [[Frankfurt]], which is also the country's principal [[financial centre]]. Two other major historic cities are [[Darmstadt]] and [[Kassel]]. With an area of 21,114.73 square kilometers and a population of over six million, it ranks seventh and fifth, respectively, among the sixteen German states. [[Frankfurt Rhine-Main]], Germany's second-largest metropolitan area (after [[Rhine-Ruhr]]), is mainly located in Hesse.

As a [[cultural region]], Hesse also includes the area known as [[Rhenish Hesse]] (Rheinhessen) in the neighboring state of [[Rhineland-Palatinate]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.rheinhessen.de/geschichte-kurz-und-knapp|title=Geschichte. Kurz und knapp – Geschichte – Identität – Region – Rheinhessen|work=Rheinhessen.de|access-date=13 May 2018|language=de|archive-date=14 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180514064826/https://www.rheinhessen.de/geschichte-kurz-und-knapp|url-status=live}}</ref>

As a [[cultural region]], Hesse also includes the area known as [[Rhenish Hesse]] (Rheinhessen) in the neighboring state of [[Rhineland-Palatinate]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.rheinhessen.de/geschichte-kurz-und-knapp|title=Geschichte. Kurz und knapp – Geschichte – Identität – Region – Rheinhessen|work=Rheinhessen.de|access-date=13 May 2018|language=de|archive-date=14 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180514064826/https://www.rheinhessen.de/geschichte-kurz-und-knapp|url-status=live}}</ref>