Hanover

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”) + over (“edge, shore”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈhænəvə/
• (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.

Derived terms

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

Translations

British royal family

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

German city

Arabic: هَانُوفَر‎ m (hanūfar) Armenian: Հաննովեր (Hannover) Belarusian: Гано́вер m (Hanóvjer) Bulgarian: Хано́вер m (Hanóver) Catalan: Hannover 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 Czech: Hannoversko n, Hannoverské království Finnish: Hannover (fi) Russian: Ганно́вер (ru) m (Gannóver) Swedish: Hannover (sv)

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Czech

Alternative forms

• Hannover

Proper noun

Hanover m

1. Hanover (a city in northwestern Germany)

Derived terms

• Hanoveran
• Hanoversko
• hanoverský

Further reading

• Hanover in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu