Hanover

See also: Hanóver and Hanôver

English

Alternative forms

• (city in Germany): Hannover

Etymology

From German Hanover, 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

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 of Jamaica.
5. A township in New Jersey.
6. A census-designated place, the county seat of Hanover County, Virginia, United States, also known as Hanover Courthouse.
7. A number of other townships in the United States, listed under Hanover Township.

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 (related 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)