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Noun: Hanover  ha-now-vu(r)
  1. A port city in northwestern Germany; formerly a member of the Hanseatic League
    - Hannover
     
  2. The English royal house that reigned from 1714 to 1901 (from George I to Victoria)
    - House of Hanover, Hanoverian line

Type of: city, dynasty, metropolis, port, royal family, royal house, royal line, royalty, urban center [US], urban centre [Brit, Cdn]

Part of: Deutschland, Federal Republic of Germany, FRG, Germany, Hanseatic League

Encyclopedia: Hanover, New Hampshire weather

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