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Hanover

Hanover

2 5.3
A city in northwest Germany known for its trade fair and history
  • proper noun
: Hannover
  • Doris Dorrie, a writer and filmmaker, was born in Hanover, Germany, on May 26, 1955.

He's been a parliamentarian in Hanover.

Examples

  • Doris Dorrie, a writer and filmmaker, was born in Hanover, Germany, on May 26, 1955.

  • Hello, so I'm back in Hanover and now I got to pack my room.

  • We bought a nice house in Hanover, where Peter is from.

  • Then I just walked the streets of Hanover late at night.

    Salinger (2013)

  • This is a picture of it which comes from a a museum in Hanover, which was where Leibnitz lived.

  • I'm a physician in Hanover, Michigan.

    Vaxxed II: The People's Truth (2020)

  • She's 26, born outside Hanover.

    The Bourne Identity (2002)

  • My wife has family in Hanover, and we love the city of Köln too.

    Blog text (7)

  • I agreed to have him transferred to an amazing hospital, Dartmouth Hitchcock in Hanover, NH.

    Blog text (18)

  • When he was a boy in Hanover, the family's first car was a 1964 Beetle.

Synonyms

Hannover
vsHanover
1 5.1

A city in northwestern Germany with a major trade fair and a university

uses the English spelling rather than the German form

Compounds

House of Hanover
1 8.2

Royal family that ruled Britain from 1714 to 1901, starting with George I and ending with Queen Victoria

Surface Forms

Hanover main

Etymology

Hanover comes from old German parts hoh and ufer, meaning 'high' and 'bank', because the town stood on a high river bank; that is why the city is called Hanover.