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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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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 internet giant said it plans to add new cloud computing centers in the Berlin region and in the town of Hanau, close to the DE-CIX data exchange in Frankfurt.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 31, 2021

Mr. Frank’s office announced barely 12 hours after the first reports of gunshots in Hanau that they were opening a federal terrorism investigation.

From New York Times • Feb. 21, 2020

The elector now retired to Hanau, appointed his son Frederick William regent, and took no further part in public affairs.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" by Various