Hanau
[ hah-nou ]
/ ˈhɑ naʊ /
noun
a city in Hesse, central Germany.
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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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