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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

I wandered into a showdown between two neighborhood teams of 11- and 12-year-olds, Marianao versus Guanabacoa.

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

One such place is the Marianao farmer's market, in a drab workers' suburb of Havana, where customers seem to be complaining about high prices--but are still buying.

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 Richard Davey

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