English Explanatory Dictionary

Hanover

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. British family that ruled from 1714 to 1901, more commonly known as the Georgian, Regency and Victorian periods.
  2. The capital city of Lower Saxony, Germany.
  3. The former Kingdom of Hanover, now part of Lower Saxony, Germany.
  4. A parish in Jamaica.
  5. A number of places in the United States:
  6. A community in the town of Sprague, New London County, Connecticut.
  7. A township and village therein, in Jo Daviess County, Illinois.
  8. A township and town therein, in Jefferson County, Indiana.
  9. A minor city in Washington County, Kansas.
  10. A town in Oxford County, Maine.
  11. An unincorporated community in Anne Arundel County and Howard County, Maryland.
  12. A town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts.

Pronunciation

/ˈhænəvə/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Hanover.wav /ˈhænˌoʊvɚ/

Word forms

Hanover Hannover

Etymology

From German Hannover, meaning "on the higher ridge", from Middle Low German hoch (“high”) (from Old Saxon hōh) + over (“edge, shore”).

Derived words

Hanover County Hanoverian Hanover Parish Hanover Park New Hanover New Hanover County South Hanover

Translations

Arabic: هَانُوفَر Armenian: Հաննովեր Belarusian: Гано́вер Bulgarian: Хано́вер Catalan: Hannover Chinese Mandarin: 漢諾威 /汉诺威 Czech: Hannover Finnish: Hannover French: Hanovre German: Hannover Greek: Αννόβερο Hebrew: הנובר Hindi: हनोवर Italian: Annover Japanese: ハノーファー Japanese: ハノーヴァー Japanese: ハノーバー Korean: 하노버 Low German: Hannover Persian: هانوفر Polish: Hanower Portuguese: Hanôver Romanian: Hanovra Russian: Ганно́вер Spanish: Hanóver Swedish: Hannover Turkish: Hannover Ukrainian: Ганно́вер
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