Hanau

[ hah-nou ]

/ ˈhɑ naʊ /

noun

a city in Hesse, central Germany.

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Example sentences from the Web for hanau

Hanau is a very beautiful, well-built, but not large town, on the banks of the Maine.
Life and Correspondence of David Hume, Volume I (of 2)|John Hill Burton
Next morning, the Prince and Princess of Hanau were welcomed, on awakening, by a serenade from the regimental band.
Tales from Blackwood|Various
Hanau furnished 1200 of these slave-soldiers, Waldeck several hundred.
Blood and Iron|John Hubert Greusel
Hanau is the birthplace of the brothers Grimm, to whom a monument was erected here in 1896.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 8|Various

The Count of Hanau seems to be much older than he is in reality.
The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume I|Karl Ludwig von Pllnitz

British Dictionary definitions for hanau

Hanau

/ (German ˈhaːnau) /

noun

a city in central Germany, in Hesse east of Frankfurt am Main: a centre of the jewellery industry. Pop: 88 897 (2003 est)

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