Henan

See also: hênan and Hénán

English

Alternative forms

• (misspelling) He'nan
• Honan, Ho-nan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /həˈnɑːn/, /həˈnæn/

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Proper noun

Henan

1. A province of China. Capital: Zhengzhou.
2. An island south of the old urban core of Guangzhou, Guangdong, in China.

Descendants

• Latin: henanensis

Translations

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
• Georgian: ხენანი (xenani)
• Greek: Χενάν (Chenán)
• Hungarian: Honan (hu)
• Japanese: 河南 (かなん, Kanan)
• Korean: 허난 (Heonan), 하남 (hanam)
• Latvian: Henaņa
• Lithuanian: Henanas, Henanis
• Lü: ᦷᦆᧉᦓᦱᧃᧉ (xo²naan²)
• Macedonian: Хе́нан (Hénan)
• Manchu: ᡥᠣᠨᠠᠨ (honan)
• Marathi: हेनान (henān)
• Russian: Хэна́нь m (Xɛnánʹ)
• Vietnamese: Hà Nam
• Zhuang: Hoznamz, Hoznanz

Further reading

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Henan”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[1], volume 2, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, LCCN 98-071262, OCLC 164337564, page 1265, column 2
• “Henan, pn.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Anagrams

• henna