Editing Hanover (section)

== Etymology ==
The name of the city may derive from the German {{lang|de|(am) hohen Ufer}}, literally 'on the high (river) bank'.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Meichler |first1=Jelena |last2=Großkreutz |first2=Jan-Eric |date=2014 |title=Übersicht über alle Artikel in den Hannoverschen Geschichtsblättern 1898-2013 |url=http://freundeskreis-stadtarchiv-hannover.de/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Hannoversche-Geschichtsbl%C3%A4tter-1898%E2%80%902013.pdf |website=City Archives, Hannover, Germany |access-date=2024-03-10 |archive-date=2023-11-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231118090304/http://freundeskreis-stadtarchiv-hannover.de/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Hannoversche-Geschichtsbl%C3%A4tter-1898%E2%80%902013.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>

Traditionally, the English spelling is {{angbr|''Hanover''}}. However, {{angbr|''Hannover''}}, the German spelling with a double-{{angbr|n}}, has become more popular in English. Recent editions of [[Encyclopædia Britannica]] prefer the German spelling,{{efn |text=In 2015 Encyclopædia Britannica said {{angbr|Hanover}} is the English spelling and an alternate title for their entry, but used {{angbr|Hannover}}, with a double-{{angbr|n}}, as the title for their entry and in its text (that is written in English) except when referring to the historical kingdom and the province.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |url=https://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/254472/Hannover |title=Hannover |encyclopedia=Encyclopaedia Britannica |url-status=deviated |year=2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150426143852/http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/254472/Hannover |archive-date=2015-04-26 |access-date=2024-07-11}}</ref> In 2024 it used {{angbr|Hannover}} in the title and in the text, and {{angbr|Hanover}} as an alternative spelling and when referring to the historical kingdom and the province.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |title=Hannover |date=2024-05-01 |encyclopedia=Encyclopaedia Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Hannover-Germany |access-date=2024-07-11 |archive-date=16 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240516060643/https://www.britannica.com/place/Hannover-Germany |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref>}} and the local government uses the German spelling on their English webpages.<ref>{{cite web |date=27 October 2009 |title=Official Website of the City and Region of Hannover |url=http://www.hannover.de/english/ |access-date=7 April 2011 |publisher=Hannover.de |archive-date=17 May 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110517140950/http://www.hannover.de/english/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The English pronunciation, with [[Stress (linguistics)|stress]] on the first syllable, is applied to both the German and English spellings, which is different from German pronunciation, with stress on the second syllable and a long second vowel. The traditional English spelling is still used in historical contexts, especially when referring to the British [[House of Hanover]].