Hanover is primarily used for the German city of Hanover and to a lesser extent the surrounding Hanover district and region.

Hanover was also used as a name for the Calenberg line of the Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg. It became the Kingdom of Hanover, and later a province of Prussia.

Hanover is also the name of a place in the Canadian province of Ontario; see Hanover, Ontario .

Hanover is also the name of a place in the Northern Cape Province of South Africa: see Hanover, South Africa.

Hanover is also the name of a number of places in the United States of America:

• Hanover, Indiana
• Hanover, Illinois
• Hanover, New Hampshire
• Hanover, New York
• Hanover, Maine
• Hanover, Maryland
• Hanover, Massachusetts
• Hanover, Michigan
• Hanover, Minnesota
• Hanover, Ohio
• Hanover, Pennsylvania
• Hanover, Virginia
• Hanover Township, New Jersey
• Hanover Township, Michigan
• Hanover Township, Pennsylvania

See also House of Hanover.