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Hanover

American  
[han-oh-ver] / ˈhæn oʊ vər /

noun

  1. a member of the royal family that ruled Great Britain under that name from 1714 to 1901.

  2. a former province in NW Germany; now a district in Lower Saxony. 14,944 sq. mi. (38,705 sq. km).

  3. a city in and the capital of Lower Saxony, in N central Germany.

  4. a city in S Pennsylvania.

  5. a town in SE Massachusetts.


Hanover 1 British  
/ ˈhænəʊvə /

noun

  1. a princely house of Germany (1692–1815), the head of which succeeded to the British throne as George I in 1714

  2. the royal house of Britain (1714–1901)

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Hanover 2 British  
/ ˈhænəʊvə /

noun

  1. the English spelling of Hannover

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Judges at a district court in Hanover ruled in his favour, and said the family of four were entitled to a larger refund on their package holiday as it had been "defective".

From BBC • May 6, 2026

In Hanover County, Virginia, the owner of a warehouse that ICE planned to buy backed out of the deal after local leaders and protesters opposed the plan.

From Slate • Apr. 27, 2026

Details of stock-market performance by sector are available from the authoritative database compiled and maintained by Kenneth French, the legendary finance professor at Dartmouth College in Hanover, N.H.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 20, 2026

A number of rail services will still not be restored on Saturday, notably those linking Hamburg to Copenhagen, Amsterdam and Hanover.

From Barron's • Jan. 10, 2026

“Mrs. Hanover was always correcting my grammar and pronunciation,” Miss Love told me.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns