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 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
