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Hannover.

the capital and largest city of Lower Saxony, Germany

8 characters3 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

name/haˈnoːfɐ/
  1. the capital and largest city of Lower Saxony, Germany

    neuter · proper-noun
  2. a special district (Kommunalverband besonderer Art) of Lower Saxony; full name Region Hannover

    neuter · proper-noun
  3. a former province of Prussia, in modern Germany

    neuter · proper-noun
  4. a former kingdom in the German Confederation

    neuter · proper-noun
Where this word comes from

From Middle Low German, from underlying an/up den hôen ôver (“on the high shore/bank”). Note that the area of central Hannover now called Am Hohen Ufer was banked up later and is not the at the origin of the city's name; it may rather have been called thus after the latter.

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