Hanover

See also: Hanóver and Hanôver

English

Alternative forms

• (city in Germany): Hannover

Etymology

From German Hannover, meaning "on the higher ridge", from Middle Low German hoch (“high”) (from Old Saxon hōh) + over (“edge, shore”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈhænəvə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈhænˌoʊvɚ/

Proper noun

Hanover

Downtown Hanover, Ontario

1. British family that ruled from 1714 to 1901, more commonly known as the Georgian, Regency and Victorian periods.
2. The capital city of Lower Saxony, Germany.
3. (historical) The former Kingdom of Hanover, now part of Lower Saxony, Germany.
4. A parish in Jamaica.
5. A number of places in the United States:
   1. A community in the town of Sprague, New London County, Connecticut.
   2. A township and village therein, in Jo Daviess County, Illinois.
   3. A township and town therein, in Jefferson County, Indiana.
   4. A minor city in Washington County, Kansas.
   5. A town in Oxford County, Maine.
   6. An unincorporated community in Anne Arundel County and Howard County, Maryland.
   7. A town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
   8. A township and village therein, in Jackson County, Michigan.
   9. A city in Wright County and Hennepin County, Minnesota.
   10. A town and census-designated place therein, in Grafton County, New Hampshire.
   11. A township in Morris County, New Jersey.
   12. A census-designated place in Grant County, New Mexico.
   13. A town in Chautauqua County, New York.
   14. A village in Licking County, Ohio.
   15. A borough in York County, Pennsylvania.
   16. A census-designated place, the county seat of Hanover County, Virginia, United States, also known as Hanover Courthouse.
   17. A census-designated place in the town of Plymouth, Rock County, Wisconsin.
   18. A number of other townships in the United States, listed under Hanover Township.
6. A rural municipality in south-east Manitoba, Canada.
7. A town in Grey County, Ontario, Canada.
8. A neighbourhood of Brighton, Brighton and Hove, East Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ3105).
9. A small town in Northern Cape province, South Africa.

Derived terms

• Hanover County
• Hanoverian
• Hanover Parish
• Hanover Park
• New Hanover County

Translations

British royal family

• Catalan: Hannover (ca)
• Czech: Hannoverští pl, Hannoverská dynastie f
• Finnish: Hanover
• Italian: l'Annover m
• Marathi: हॅनोव्हर (hĕnovhar)
• Portuguese: Hanôver (pt)

German city

• Arabic: هَانُوفَر m (hanūfar)
• Armenian: Հաննովեր (Hannover)
• Belarusian: Гано́вер m (Hanóvjer)
• Bulgarian: Хано́вер m (Hanóver)
• Catalan: Hannover (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 漢諾威 / 汉诺威 (zh) (Hànnuòwēi)

• Czech: Hannover (cs) m
• Finnish: Hannover (fi)
• French: Hanovre (fr) m
• German: Hannover (de) n
• Greek: Αννόβερο (el) (Annóvero)
• Hebrew: הנובר
• Hindi: हनोवर (hanovar)
• Italian: Annover f
• Japanese: ハノーファー (Hanōfā), ハノーヴァー (Hanōvā), ハノーバー (Hanōbā)
• Korean: 하노버 (Hanobeo)
• Low German:

  Dutch Low Saxon: Hannover

  German Low German: Hannover n

• Persian: هانوفر
• Polish: Hanower (pl) m
• Portuguese: Hanôver (pt)
• Romanian: Hanovra f
• Russian: Ганно́вер (ru) m (Gannóver)
• Spanish: Hanóver m
• Swedish: Hannover (sv)
• Turkish: Hannover
• Ukrainian: Ганно́вер m (Hannóver)

kingdom

• Bulgarian: Хано́вер m (Hanóver)
• Catalan: Hannover (ca)
• Czech: Hannoversko n, Hannoverské království
• Finnish: Hannover (fi)
• Russian: Ганно́вер (ru) m (Gannóver)
• Swedish: Hannover (sv)

Czech

Alternative forms

• Hannover

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɦanovɛr]
• IPA^(key): [ˈɦanoːvr̩]

Proper noun

Hanover m inan (relational adjective hanoverský, demonym Hanoveřan, female demonym Hanoveřanka)

1. Hanover (a city in northwestern Germany)

Declension

Declension of Hanover (sg-only hard masculine inanimate)

	singular
nominative	Hanover
genitive	Hanoveru
dative	Hanoveru
accusative	Hanover
vocative	Hanovere
locative	Hanoveru
instrumental	Hanoverem

Derived terms

• Hanoversko

Further reading

• “Hanover”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)