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Hanover

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Noun

1. hannover, hanover

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

2. hanover, hanoverian line, house of hanover

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

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Hanover

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noun
the English spelling of Hannover
noun
1. 
a princely house of Germany (1692–1815), the head of which succeeded to the British throne as George I in 1714
2. 
the royal house of Britain (1714–1901)

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Hanover

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noun
name of the ruling family of England (1714-1901), founded by George I, orig. Elector of Hanover
1. 
former province (1886-1945) of Prussia, in NW Germany: earlier, an electorate (1692-1815) & a kingdom (1815-86): now part of the German state of Lower Saxony
2. 
city in NW Germany: capital of Lower Saxony: pop. 525,000

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Hanover

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British ruling family (1714-1901) whose last monarch was Victoria (reigned 1837-1901).
1. A former kingdom and province of northwest Germany. It was an electorate of the Holy Roman Empire from 1692 to 1805. The kingdom lasted from 1815 to 1866, when Hanover became a province of Prussia (later Germany).
2. A city of northwest Germany southeast of Bremen. Chartered in 1241, it became part of the Hanseatic League in 1386. Hanover was badly damaged during World War II but has been extensively rebuilt.

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