Henan

See also: hênan and Hénán

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Etymology

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

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  • IPA(key): /həˈnɑːn/, /həˈnæn/
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Henan

  1. A province of China. Capital: Zhengzhou.
    • 2022 July 11, Nierenberg, Amelia, “Your Tuesday Briefing: Bank Protests in China”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 11 July 2022:
      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.
  2. An island south of the old urban core of Guangzhou, Guangdong, in China.

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