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Marianao

American  
[mah-ree-ah-nah-aw] / ˌmɑ ri ɑˈnɑ ɔ /

noun

  1. a city in NW Cuba, a suburb of Havana.


Marianao British  
/ marjaˈnao /

noun

  1. a city in NW Cuba, adjacent to W Havana city: the chief Cuban military base. Pop: 133 016 (1989)

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The Rev. Ricardo Pereira, the bishop at the Methodist Church of Marianao in Havana, said his church has gone from fewer than 400 members in the late 1990s to more than 3,200 today.

From Washington Post • Jun. 1, 2015

These boys, 9 to 13, play for Marianao.

From New York Times • Dec. 21, 2014

“This has nothing to do with the pope,” said the Rev. Jorge Ortega, pastor of the Methodist Charismatic Church in the Marianao neighborhood.

From New York Times • Mar. 26, 2012

Later in the week three students met in a house at Marianao, Havana suburb where Oriental Park racetrack is located.

From Time Magazine Archive

Every visitor to Havana is sure to be taken to three places—Puentes Grandes, Marianao, and Carmelo.

From Cuba Past and Present by Davey, Richard