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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)

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Police say they were alerted late on Wednesday night when a man noticed that a car in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been smeared with a reddish liquid.

From BBC

Army base, in Hanau, Germany, the department said on Tuesday.

From New York Times

Headquartered in Hanau, near Frankfurt, Gauss Fusion's roadmap sees the company opening fusion power plants by the beginning of the 2040s.

From BBC

The indictment was filed at the state court in Hanau, which will now have to decide whether to send the case to trial.

From Seattle Times

When she did not show up for work as a cook at Fliegerhorst Kaserne, then an Army base in Hanau, Germany, on Monday, Nov. 5, 2001, soldiers broke down the door to her third-floor barracks room, her mother said.

From New York Times