Henan

American

[hœ-nahn] / ˈhœˈnɑn /

Chinese Honan

noun

Pinyin.

a province in eastern China. 64,479 sq. mi. (167,000 sq. km). Zhengzhou.
former name of Luoyang.

Henan British

/ ˈhʌˈnæn /

noun

a province of N central China: the chief centre of early Chinese culture; mainly agricultural (the largest wheat-producing province in China). Capital: Zhengzhou. Pop: 96 670 000 (2003 est)

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In 1997, he opened a shaved-ice stall in Henan, a Chinese province that might be compared with Ohio.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

The Great Helmsman, who died September 9 1976, is still very much a fixture in central Henan province's Nanjie -- often dubbed "China's last Maoist village".

From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026

Xu was born into a poor family in rural Henan province in 1958, the year leader Mao Zedong launched his "Great Leap Forward" -- an industrialisation plan that led to mass starvation.

From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026

I was born in 1987, the ninth year of Deng Xiaoping’s economic transformation of China, in Nanhuzhuang Village, Henan Province.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 13, 2026

Mister Man, I've saw Tim Henan at his best, an' I've saw Sayres when he was a top-notcher, an' likewise several other irregler boxin' sharps that were sure tough tarriers.

From A Deal in Wheat and Other Stories of the New and Old West by Frank Norris

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