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Hanau

American  
[hah-nou] / ˈhɑ naʊ /

noun

  1. a city in Hesse, central Germany.


Hanau British  
/ ˈhaːnau /

noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Following the deal, Vac would become a subsidiary of Energy Fuels and retain its branding and headquarters in Hanau, Germany, said Energy Fuels.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 23, 2026

On the trading floor of precious-metals group Heraeus in Hanau, Germany, Dominik Sperzel is fielding calls from investors hunting for silver bars—ranging from the smallest, one troy ounce, to the largest, 15 kilos.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 1, 2026

Tens of thousands of people attended vigils for the victims on Thursday night, in Hanau and Berlin, carrying candles and white roses in silence.

From BBC • Feb. 21, 2020

“To put it plainly: Those who were murdered here in Hanau were not foreign,” said Claus Kaminsky, the city’s mayor.

From New York Times • Feb. 21, 2020

N. of Frankfort-on-Main, on the railway to Cassel and at the junction of a line to Hanau.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" by Various

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