Mohan

Mo·han
M3O1H4A1N1

proper noun

An epithet of Krishna.

Less commonScrabble 10

Meanings

Mohan1

proper noun
  1. HinduismAn epithet of Krishna.
  2. A male given name from Sanskrit used in India.

Mohan2

proper nounMohan (plural Mohans)

plural Mohans · alternative Mohon

Mohan3

proper noun
  1. A border town neighbouring Laos in Mengla County, Xishuangbanna prefecture, Yunnan, China.

    At least 30 Uyghurs were apprehended at the town of Mohan on the border with Laos in Yunnan’s Mengla county in late September, and scores of others were detained around the province in recent weeks, a Uyghur merchant in the province told RFA’s Uyghur Service.

    2013 October 3, Shohret Hoshur, Rachel Vandenbrink, “100 Uyghurs Rounded Up in Police Hunt in Yunnan”, in Shohret Hoshur, transl., Radio Free Asia, archived from the original on 30 Oct 2014
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    A Southeast Asia media delegation recently participated in the "China-Laos Railway Journey", at the invitation by the People's Government of Yunnan Province, to visit Kunming, Pu'er and Xishuangbanna, and learnt of the immigration and customs procedures at the transit station in Mohan, located at the China-Laos border.

    2023 June 21, Bernama, “Stricter procedures entering China via railways from Southeast Asia”, in The Straits Times, archived from the original on 22 Jun 2023

    The study area was located in Mohan town, Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, southwestern China (21°10′ − 21°26′ N, 101°27′ − 101°41′ E). The region experiences a tropical monsoon climate, with distinct dry (November to April) and wet (May to October) seasons.

    2024 October 10, Qiang Lu, Zhengfeng An, Beibei Zhang, Xiaoqiang Lu, Xia Mao, Jiaqi Li, Scott X. Chang, Yan Liu, Xiangxiang Fu, “Optimizing tradeoff strategies of soil microbial community between metabolic efficiency and resource acquisition along a natural regeneration chronosequence”, in Science of The Total Environment, volume 946, →DOI, →ISSN, →LCCN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 25 Dec 2024

Origin

Mohan · proper noun

Transliteration of Hindi मोहन (mohan).

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Mohan · proper noun

  1. IrishÓ Mocháin“descendant of Mochán”
  2. EnglishMohan

Anglicized form of Irish Ó Mocháin (“descendant of Mochán”), from a diminutive of moch (“early, timely”).

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Mohan · proper noun

  1. khbᦢᦸᧈᦠᦱᧃ
  2. Mandarin磨憨
  3. EnglishMohan

From Mandarin 磨憨 (Móhān) or Lü ᦢᦸᧈᦠᦱᧃ (ḃoa¹ḣaan).

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 磨憨
  • 磨憨 (Móhān)town in China
Hindi मोहन, मोहन
  • मोहन (mohan)epithet of Krishna
  • मोहन (mohan)male given name

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APA

Mohan. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mohan

MLA

“Mohan.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mohan. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Mohan,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mohan.

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