hanover

Other forms of hanover

plural

hanovers·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about hanover

What does hanover mean?

hanover means "a port city in northwestern Germany; formerly a member of the Hanseatic League". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in hanover?

hanover has 3 syllables: han-o-ver. The stress falls on "han". In IPA it is /ˈhænoʊvɚ/.

What is another word for hanover?

Close synonyms include Hannover, House of Hanover, Hanoverian line. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is hanover a common word?

hanover is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.