Hanover

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Han⋅o⋅ver

[han-oh-ver]

–noun

1.	a member of the royal family that ruled Great Britain under that name from 1714 to 1901.

2.	a former province in NW Germany; now a district in Lower Saxony. 14,944 sq. mi. (38,705 sq. km).

3.	a city in and the capital of Lower Saxony, in N central Germany. 495,300.

4.	a city in S Pennsylvania. 14,890.

5.	a town in SE Massachusetts. 11,358.

German, Han⋅no⋅ver [hah-noh-vuh

(for defs. 2, 3).

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[loh-er]

–noun

a state in NW Germany. 7,162,000; 18,294 sq. mi. (47,380 sq. km). Capital: Hanover.

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Han·o·ver¹ (hān'ō'vər)

British ruling family (1714-1901). When Victoria ascended the throne in 1837, the crowns of Hanover and Great Britain were separated.

Han·o·ver² or Han·no·ver (hān'ō'vər, hä-nō'-)

A former kingdom and province of northwest Germany. It was an electorate of the Holy Roman Empire from 1692 to 1805. The kingdom lasted from 1815 to 1866, when Hanover became a province of Prussia (later Germany).
A city of northwest Germany southeast of Bremen. Chartered in 1241, it became part of the Hanseatic League in 1386. Hanover was badly damaged during World War II but has been extensively rebuilt. Population: 516,000.

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