Henan

English

Alternative forms

• (obsolete) Honan, Ho-nan

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Henan

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

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
• Hungarian: Honan
• Japanese: 河南 (かなん, Kanan)
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• Korean: 허난 (Heonan)
• Lü: ᦷᦆᧉᦓᦱᧃᧉ (xo²naan²)
• Macedonian: Хе́нан (Hénan)
• Manchu: ᡥᠣᠨᠠᠨ (honan)
• Marathi: हेनान (henān)
• Russian: Хэна́нь m (Xɛnánʹ)
• Vietnamese: Hà Nam
• Zhuang: Hoznamz, Hoznanz

See also

• Zhengzhou

Anagrams

• henna