Hannover

Meaning

1. (neuter,proper-noun) The capital and largest city of Lower Saxony, Germany
2. (neuter,proper-noun) A special district (Kommunalverband besonderer Art) of Lower Saxony; full name Region Hannover
3. (neuter,proper-noun) A former province of Prussia, in modern Germany
4. (neuter,proper-noun) A former kingdom in the German Confederation

Concepts

Hanover

Hannover

Hyphenated as

Han‧no‧ver

Gender

Neuter

Pronounced as (IPA)

/haˈnoːfɐ/

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.