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HANNOVER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Hannover mean? 

HANNOVER (noun)
  The noun HANNOVER has 1 sense:

1. a port city in northwestern Germany; formerly a member of the Hanseatic Leagueplay

  Familiarity information: HANNOVER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


HANNOVER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A port city in northwestern Germany; formerly a member of the Hanseatic League

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Hannover; Hanover

Instance hypernyms:

city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)

port (a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country)

Holonyms ("Hannover" is a part of...):

Deutschland; Federal Republic of Germany; FRG; Germany (a republic in central Europe; split into East Germany and West Germany after World War II and reunited in 1990)

Holonyms ("Hannover" is a member of...):

Hanseatic League (a commercial and defensive confederation of free cities in northern Germany and surrounding areas; formed in 1241 and most influential in the 14th century when it included over 100 towns and functioned as an independent political power; the last official assembly was held in 1669)


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