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Hanau

American  
[hah-nou] / ˈhɑ naʊ /

noun

  1. a city in Hesse, central Germany.


Hanau British  
/ ˈhaːnau /

noun

  1. a city in central Germany, in Hesse east of Frankfurt am Main: a centre of the jewellery industry. Pop: 88 897 (2003 est)

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On the trading floor of precious-metals group Heraeus in Hanau, Germany, Dominik Sperzel is fielding calls from investors hunting for silver bars—ranging from the smallest, one troy ounce, to the largest, 15 kilos.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 1, 2026

Army base, in Hanau, Germany, the department said on Tuesday.

From New York Times • May 7, 2024

Headquartered in Hanau, near Frankfurt, Gauss Fusion's roadmap sees the company opening fusion power plants by the beginning of the 2040s.

From BBC • Oct. 12, 2023

The internet giant said it plans to add new cloud computing centers in the Berlin region and in the town of Hanau, close to the DE-CIX data exchange in Frankfurt.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 31, 2021

In 1821 she married a Jewish lawyer, named Dr. Neustetel, and they settled at Hanau.

From Some Jewish Witnesses For Christ by B.D.