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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

The backstop for the Marianao game had gaping holes, as though moth-eaten.

From New York Times • Dec. 21, 2014

A Marianao player made a graceful, diving catch in the outfield, and the game soon ended.

From New York Times • Dec. 21, 2014

Veterans at Camp Columbia, the Cuban Army headquarters in the suburbs of Marianao, looked dubiously at their tar-paper mansions.

From Time Magazine Archive

Gomez advanced to Marianao, at Havana's very door, and that city was terrified.

From Cuba, Old and New by Robinson, Albert G. (Albert Gardner)

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