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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

The backstop for the Marianao game had gaping holes, as though moth-eaten.

From New York Times • Dec. 21, 2014

I wandered into a showdown between two neighborhood teams of 11- and 12-year-olds, Marianao versus Guanabacoa.

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

Puentes Grandes lies half-way between Marianao and Havana.

From Cuba Past and Present by Davey, Richard