"Henan" meaning in English

See Henan in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /həˈnɑːn/, /həˈnæn/ Audio: en-us-Henan.ogg
Etymology: From various romanizations of the Chinese 河南 (Hénán, literally “[land] south of the river”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|zh|河南|lit=􂀿land􂁀 south of the river}} Chinese 河南 (Hénán, literally “[land] south of the river”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Henan
  1. A province of China. Capital: Zhengzhou. Categories (place): Henan, Places in China, Provinces of China Related terms (Provinces): Anhui · Fujian · Guangdong · Gansu · Guizhou · Henan · Hubei · Hebei · Hainan · Heilongjiang · Hunan · Jilin · Jiangsu · Jiangxi · Liaoning · Qinghai · Sichuan · Shandong · Shaanxi · Shanxi · Taiwan · Yunnan · Zhejiang (english: claimed) Translations (Chinese province): خِنَان (ḵinān) [masculine] (Arabic), خِينَان (ḵinān) [masculine] (Arabic), هِينَان (hinān) [masculine] (Arabic), Հենան (Henan) (Armenian), 河南 (ho⁴ naam⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 河南 (Hénán) (Chinese Mandarin), Che-nan (Czech), Henan (Finnish), ხენანი (xenani) (Georgian), Χενάν (Chenán) (Greek), Honan (Hungarian), 河南 (Kanan) (alt: かなん) (Japanese), 허난 (Heonan) (Korean), 하남 (hanam) (Korean), Henaņa (Latvian), Henanas (Lithuanian), Henanis (Lithuanian), ᦷᦆᧉᦓᦱᧃᧉ (xo²naan²) (), Хе́нан (Hénan) (Macedonian), ᡥᠣᠨᠠᠨ (honan) (Manchu), ᡥᠣ ᠨᠠᠨ (ho nan) (Manchu), हेनान (henān) (Marathi), Хэна́нь (Xɛnánʹ) [masculine] (Russian), Hà Nam (Vietnamese), Hoznamz (Zhuang), Hoznanz (Zhuang)
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  2. A Mongol autonomous county in Huangnan, Qinghai, China. Categories (place): Places in China, Places in Qinghai Related terms (Autonomous regions): Guangxi · Inner Mongolia · Ningxia · Tibet Autonomous Region · Xinjiang Related terms (Municipalities): Beijing · Tianjin · Shanghai · Chongqing Related terms (Special administrative regions): Hong Kong · Macau
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  3. An island south of the old urban core of Guangzhou, Guangdong, in China.
    Sense id: en-Henan-en-name-GDL0M5mI Categories (other): Terms with Arabic translations Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 45 44 10
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: He'nan [misspelling], Honan, Ho-nan

Alternative forms

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          "text": "Security forces attacked as many as a thousand protesters who were trying to withdraw their money from four rural banks in Henan Province this weekend.",
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          "ref": "2023 December 12, “Chinese dissident doctor and AIDS whistleblower dies aged 95”, in France 24, archived from the original on 2023-12-12:",
          "text": "Gao moved to New York in 2009 after years of harassment by Chinese officials believed to be nursing grudges after she exposed a cover-up of the true extent of the AIDS epidemic in central Henan province.[…]\nExperts estimate at least one million farmers in Henan alone contracted HIV/AIDS in the blood trade.",
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          "text": "HENAN MONGOL AUTONOMOUS COUNTY (SOGWO)[…]\nIn Henan County, 325km south of Xining, 90 percent of its 27,000 people are Mongolian.[…]\nThere is a bus to Henan that leaves Xining at 07:30 everyday.^([sic])",
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          "text": "Located in the southeast of China’s Qinghai (Kökenuur) province, Henan Mongol Autonomous County has an area of 7,000 square kilometers (2,700 square miles). Henan lies on the eastern edge of the Tibetan plateau at an altitude mostly over 3,500 meters (11,500 feet) and shares the plateau’s strong sunlight, cool summers, and extremely unpredictable weather.",
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      "sense": "Chinese province",
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      "sense": "Chinese province",
      "word": "Honan"
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      "alt": "かなん",
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      "roman": "Kanan",
      "sense": "Chinese province",
      "word": "河南"
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    {
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      "roman": "Heonan",
      "sense": "Chinese province",
      "word": "허난"
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      "sense": "Chinese province",
      "word": "Henaņa"
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      "sense": "Chinese province",
      "word": "ᦷᦆᧉᦓᦱᧃᧉ"
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      "word": "ᡥᠣᠨᠠᠨ"
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      "code": "mnc",
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      "roman": "ho nan",
      "sense": "Chinese province",
      "word": "ᡥᠣ ᠨᠠᠨ"
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      "word": "Хэна́нь"
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      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "Chinese province",
      "word": "Hà Nam"
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}

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