"Hannover" meaning in German

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Proper name

IPA: /haˈnoːfɐ/ Audio: De-Hannover.ogg Forms: Hannovers [genitive], Hannover [genitive, with-article]
Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{bor|de|gml|-}} Middle Low German, {{m|gml|an/up den hôen ôver|t=on the high shore/bank}} an/up den hôen ôver (“on the high shore/bank”), {{m|de||Am Hohen Ufer}} Am Hohen Ufer Head templates: {{de-proper noun|toponym}} Hannover n (proper noun, genitive Hannovers or (optionally with an article) Hannover)
  1. The capital and largest city of Lower Saxony, Germany Tags: neuter, proper-noun Categories (place): Cities in Germany, Cities in Lower Saxony, Places in Germany, Places in Lower Saxony, Districts of Lower Saxony
    Sense id: en-Hannover-de-name-muj6snqm Disambiguation of Districts of Lower Saxony: 42 43 2 13 Categories (other): State capitals of Germany
  2. A special district (Kommunalverband besonderer Art) of Lower Saxony; full name Region Hannover Tags: neuter, proper-noun Categories (place): Districts of Lower Saxony, Places in Germany, Places in Lower Saxony, Districts of Lower Saxony Derived forms: hannoversch, hannoverisch, hannöversch, hannöverisch, Hannoveraner
    Sense id: en-Hannover-de-name-2NV2wXzx Disambiguation of Districts of Lower Saxony: 42 43 2 13
  3. A former province of Prussia, in modern Germany Tags: neuter, proper-noun Categories (place): Historical political subdivisions, Places in Germany
    Sense id: en-Hannover-de-name-warXubkB
  4. A former kingdom in the German Confederation Tags: neuter, proper-noun Categories (place): Historical polities, Districts of Lower Saxony
    Sense id: en-Hannover-de-name-BSR7WcMx Disambiguation of Districts of Lower Saxony: 42 43 2 13 Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 29 30 1 41

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