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Marianao

American  
[mah-ree-ah-nah-aw] / ˌmɑ ri ɑˈnɑ ɔ /

noun

  1. a city in NW Cuba, a suburb of Havana.


Marianao British  
/ marjaˈnao /

noun

  1. a city in NW Cuba, adjacent to W Havana city: the chief Cuban military base. Pop: 133 016 (1989)

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The Rev. Ricardo Pereira, the bishop at the Methodist Church of Marianao in Havana, said his church has gone from fewer than 400 members in the late 1990s to more than 3,200 today.

From Washington Post • Jun. 1, 2015

Marianao has seven wins and two losses, and the stocky Gerson aside, its best players are rawboned, all arms and legs and stylish intensity.

From New York Times • Dec. 21, 2014

A line of laundry girdled the back of the home dugout, where Marianao players sat in their bright red uniforms.

From New York Times • Dec. 21, 2014

Later in the week three students met in a house at Marianao, Havana suburb where Oriental Park racetrack is located.

From Time Magazine Archive

The rural charms of Marianao are unsurpassed in any land.

From With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 1 by Various

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