Henan

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EnglishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

• (obsolete) Honan, Ho-nan

EtymologyEdit

From various romanizations of the Chinese 河南 (literally “[land] south of the river”).

Proper nounEdit

Henan

1. A Chinese province south of the Yellow River.
2. An island south of the old urban core of Guangzhou, Guangdong, in China.

TranslationsEdit

Chinese province

• Arabic: خِنَان‏‎ m (ḵinān), خِينَان‏‎ m (ḵinān), هِينَان‏‎ m (hinān)
• Armenian: Հենան (Henan)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 河南 (ho⁴ naam⁴)

  Mandarin: 河南 (zh) (Hénán)

• Czech: Che-nan
• Finnish: Henan
• Japanese: 河南 (かなん, Kanan)

• Korean: 허난 (Heonan)
• Lü: ᦷᦆᧉᦓᦱᧃᧉ (xo²naan²)
• Macedonian: Хенан (Hénan)
• Marathi: हेनान (henāna)
• Russian: Хэна́нь m (Xɛnánʹ)
• Vietnamese: Hà Nam
• Zhuang: please add this translation if you can

See alsoEdit

• Zhengzhou

AnagramsEdit

• henna