HANOVER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Hanover mean? 

• HANOVER (noun)
  The noun HANOVER has 2 senses:

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

2. the English royal house that reigned from 1714 to 1901 (from George I to Victoria)

  Familiarity information: HANOVER used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HANOVER (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 ("Hanover" 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 ("Hanover" 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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The English royal house that reigned from 1714 to 1901 (from George I to Victoria)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

Hanover; Hanoverian line; House of Hanover

Hypernyms ("Hanover" is a kind of...):

dynasty (a sequence of powerful leaders in the same family)

royal family; royal house; royal line; royalty (royal persons collectively)

Meronyms (members of "Hanover"):

Hanoverian (a member (or supporter) of the house of Hanover)

Hanoverian (any of the British rulers who were members of the House of Hanover)

George; George I (Elector of Hanover and the first Hanoverian King of Great Britain and Ireland from 1714 to 1727 (1660-1727))

George; George II (King of Great Britain and Elector of Hanover from 1727 to 1760 (1683-1760))

George; George III (King of Great Britain and Ireland from 1760 to 1820; the American colonies were lost during his reign; he became insane in 1811 and his son (later George IV) acted as regent until 1820 (1738-1820))

George; George IV (King of Great Britain and Ireland and Hanover from 1820 to 1830; his attempt to divorce his estranged wife undermined the prestige of the Crown (1762-1830))

Queen Victoria; Victoria (queen of Great Britain and Ireland and empress of India from 1837 to 1901; the last Hanoverian ruler of England (1819-1901))

Derivation:

Hanoverian (of or relating to the former English royal House of Hanover or their supporters)

 Context examples 

Very early in April, and tolerably early in the day, the two parties from Hanover Square and Berkeley Street set out from their respective homes, to meet, by appointment, on the road.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

"Contrary to popular belief, apologies don't soften the blow of rejections," says Dr. Gili Freedman, lead author of this study, currently based at Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, USA.

(Sometimes You Shouldn't Say Sorry, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Then there is another note in the Morning Post to say that the marriage would be an absolutely quiet one, that it would be at St. George’s, Hanover Square, that only half a dozen intimate friends would be invited, and that the party would return to the furnished house at Lancaster Gate which has been taken by Mr. Aloysius Doran.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I should like the scheme, and we would make a little circuit, and shew you Everingham in our way, and perhaps you would not mind passing through London, and seeing the inside of St. George's, Hanover Square.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

‘The ceremony, which was performed at St. George’s, Hanover Square, was a very quiet one, no one being present save the father of the bride, Mr. Aloysius Doran, the Duchess of Balmoral, Lord Backwater, Lord Eustace and Lady Clara St. Simon (the younger brother and sister of the bridegroom), and Lady Alicia Whittington.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)