Han

¹

[ hahn ]

noun

1. a dynasty in China, 206 b.c.–a.d. 220, with an interregnum, a.d. 9–25: characterized by consolidation of the centralized imperial state and territorial expansion. Compare Earlier Han, Later Han.
2. a river flowing from central China into the Yangtze at Hankow. 900 miles (1,450 km) long.
3. the Chinese people in general, especially those not of Mongol, Manchu, Tibetan, or other non-Chinese extraction.

Han

²

[ hahn, huhn ]

noun

, plural Hans, (especially collectively) Han

1. a member of a group of Indigenous people inhabiting the Yukon River drainage basin near the Alaska-Canada border.
2. the Athabascan language of the Han.

Han

¹

/ hæn /

noun

1. a river in E central China, rising in S Shaanxi and flowing southeast through Hubei to the Yangtze River at Wuhan. Length: about 1450 km (900 miles)

Han

²

/ hæn /

noun

1. the imperial dynasty that ruled China for most of the time from 206 bc to 221 ad , expanding its territory and developing its bureaucracy
2. the Chinese people as contrasted to Mongols, Manchus, etc

Word History and Origins

Origin of Han¹

From Kutchin han-gwičin “river dwellers”

Example Sentences

Aaron Paul may play a young Han Solo in the first Star Wars spin-off.

From The Daily Beast

But the true forgery—like the work of Han van Meegeren, the Dutch World War 2-era forger of Vermeer—is actually very rare.

From The Daily Beast

And Pratt is at once macho, charming, and droll; a Han Solo for the Facebook generation.

From The Daily Beast

And Ford delivers another impressive performance as the hard-ass, take-no-prisoners colonel; like a hardened, grizzled Han Solo.

From The Daily Beast

Consider the work of Han van Meegeren, one of the foremost forgers of the 1930s and '40s.

From The Daily Beast

He's very tall an' gran', an' w'ars fine close, an' han's is white as a cotton bat, but his eyes doan set right in his head.

From Project Gutenberg

MS. han ye me, correctly; Percy omits me, and so spoils both sense and metre.

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Cf. 'what eek yif my mutabilitee yiveth thee rightful cause of hope to han yit beter thinges?'

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In early life Han-Sin suffered great poverty, and for some time was befriended by a poor woman who bleached flax.

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Den you follow yo' lef' han' en strike 'cross de hill twel you come ter dat big red oak root—but de grapes aint dar.

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