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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

A Marianao player made a graceful, diving catch in the outfield, and the game soon ended.

From New York Times Dec. 21, 2014

“This has nothing to do with the pope,” said the Rev. Jorge Ortega, pastor of the Methodist Charismatic Church in the Marianao neighborhood.

From New York Times Mar. 26, 2012

He helped develop the Marianao residential district, laying water mains on the Cuban Government's promise of reimbursement.

From Time Magazine Archive

Along the highway from Marianao to Guanajay, out of many stately country residences, only one was left standing.

From Cuba, Old and New by Robinson, Albert G. (Albert Gardner)

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