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Hanau

American  
[hah-nau] / 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

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 ● Nov. 6, 2025

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 ● Sep. 1, 2023

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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