Meanings
alternative misspelling He'nan · alternative Honan · alternative Ho-nan · alternative Honam
- A province of China. Capital: Zhengzhou.
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.
2022 July 11, Amelia Nierenberg, “Your Tuesday Briefing: Bank Protests in China”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 11 Jul 20222 more examples
Heavy rainfall inundated streets and caused major rivers to burst their banks in the central province of Henan on Tuesday.[…] Henan is a particularly populous province and a major transport hub. It is also a key base for industry and agriculture.
2021 July 20, “China: Heavy rains cause deadly floods in Henan province”, in Deutsche Welle, archived from the original on 20 Jul 2021, NewsGao 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.[…] Experts estimate at least one million farmers in Henan alone contracted HIV/AIDS in the blood trade.
2023 December 12, “Chinese dissident doctor and AIDS whistleblower dies aged 95”, in France 24, archived from the original on 12 Dec 2023 - A Mongol autonomous county in Huangnan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai, China. Official name: Henan Mongol Autonomous County.
The Henan Mongol autonomous county (xian) is inhabited by Tsoros Mongols, and there are Ööld Mongols in the Huzhu autonomous county.
2017, Alan J. K. Sanders, Historical Dictionary of Mongolia, 4th edition, volume I, Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 700, page 2743 more examples
The very next day, Tenzin Nyima was transferred to a prison in Henan Mongolian Autonomous County for six days of questioning.[…] Once in Henan, Tenzin Nyima quickly came to know that Lodroe and Rigdrol, the monks who had helped with the flags, had also been seized.
2000, Tibet Since 1950: Silence, Prison or Exile, 1st edition, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 139HENAN MONGOL AUTONOMOUS COUNTY (SOGWO)[…] In Henan County, 325km south of Xining, 90 percent of its 27,000 people are Mongolian.[…] There is a bus to Henan that leaves Xining at 07:30 everyday.^([sic])
2000, “Amdo”, in Atsushi Kanamaru, editor, Mapping the Tibetan World, 1st edition, Kotan Publishing, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 201, column 1Located 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.
2004, Christopher P. Atwood, “Henan Mongol Autonomous County”, in Encyclopedia of Mongolia and the Mongol Empire, Facts on File, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 216, column 1
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Mandarin河南
- EnglishHenan
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 河南 (Hénán, literally “[land] south of the river (referring to the Yellow River)”).
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Arabic خِنَان, خِينَان
- خِنَان (ḵinān)Chinese province
- خِينَان (ḵinān)Chinese province
- هِينَان (hinān)Chinese province
Chinese Cantonese 河南
- 河南 (ho⁴ naam⁴)Chinese province
Chinese Mandarin 河南
- 河南 (Hénán)Chinese province
Czech Che-nan
- Che-nanChinese province
Esperanto Henano
- HenanoChinese province
Finnish Henan
- HenanChinese province
Greek Χενάν
- Χενάν (Chenán)Chinese province
Hindi हेनान
- हेनान (henān)Chinese province
Hungarian Honan
- HonanChinese province
Indonesian Henan
- HenanChinese province
Japanese 河南
- 河南 (Kanan)Chinese province
Korean 허난, 하남
- 허난 (Heonan)Chinese province
- 하남 (hanam)Chinese province
Latvian Henaņa
- HenaņaChinese province
Lithuanian Henanas, Henanis
- HenanasChinese province
- HenanisChinese province
Polish Henan
- HenanChinese province
Russian Хэна́нь
- Хэна́нь (Xɛnánʹ)Chinese province
Vietnamese Hà Nam
- Hà NamChinese province
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Cite this entry
Henan. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Henan
“Henan.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Henan. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Henan,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Henan.
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