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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

Marianao has seven wins and two losses, and the stocky Gerson aside, its best players are rawboned, all arms and legs and stylish intensity.

From New York Times • Dec. 21, 2014

He helped develop the Marianao residential district, laying water mains on the Cuban Government's promise of reimbursement.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Bishop's Garden, so called because some half century since it was the residence of the Bishop of Havana, is about four miles from the city, on the line of the Marianao railroad.

From Due South or Cuba Past and Present by Ballou, Maturin Murray