Hanover
English
Alternative forms
- (city in Germany): Hannover
Etymology
From German Hannover, meaning "on the higher ridge", from Middle Low German hoch (“high”) (from Old Saxon hōh) + over (“edge, shore”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈhænəvə/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (US) IPA(key): /ˈhænˌoʊvɚ/
Proper noun
Hanover
- British family that ruled from 1714 to 1901, more commonly known as the Georgian, Regency and Victorian periods.
- The capital city of Lower Saxony, Germany.
- (historical) The former Kingdom of Hanover, now part of Lower Saxony, Germany.
- A parish in Jamaica.
- A number of places in the United States:
- A community in the town of Sprague, New London County, Connecticut.
- A township and village therein, in Jo Daviess County, Illinois.
- A township and town therein, in Jefferson County, Indiana.
- A minor city in Washington County, Kansas.
- A town in Oxford County, Maine.
- An unincorporated community in Anne Arundel County and Howard County, Maryland.
- A town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
- A township and village therein, in Jackson County, Michigan.
- A city in Wright County and Hennepin County, Minnesota.
- A town and census-designated place therein, in Grafton County, New Hampshire.
- A township in Morris County, New Jersey.
- A census-designated place in Grant County, New Mexico.
- A town in Chautauqua County, New York.
- A village in Licking County, Ohio.
- A borough in York County, Pennsylvania.
- A census-designated place, the county seat of Hanover County, Virginia, United States, also known as Hanover Courthouse.
- A census-designated place in the town of Plymouth, Rock County, Wisconsin.
- A number of other townships in the United States, listed under Hanover Township.
- A rural municipality in south-east Manitoba, Canada.
- A town in Grey County, Ontario, Canada.
- A neighbourhood of Brighton, Brighton and Hove, East Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ3105). [1]
- A small town in the Northern Cape province, South Africa.
Derived terms
- Hanover County
- Hanoverian
- Hanover Parish
- Hanover Park
- New Hanover County
Translations
British royal family
German city
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kingdom
References
Czech
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɦanovɛr]
- IPA(key): [ˈɦanoːvr̩]
Proper noun
Hanover m inan (relational adjective hanoverský, demonym Hanoveřan, female demonym Hanoveřanka)
Declension
Declension of Hanover (sg-only hard masculine inanimate)
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Hanover |
| genitive | Hanoveru |
| dative | Hanoveru |
| accusative | Hanover |
| vocative | Hanovere |
| locative | Hanoveru |
| instrumental | Hanoverem |
Derived terms
- Hanoversko
Further reading
- “Hanover”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)