Honan
noun
Honan
American
[hoh-nan, hœ-nahn]
/ ˈhoʊˈnæn, ˈhœˈnɑn /
noun
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Wade-Giles. Henan.
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(usually lowercase)
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a pongee fabric made from the filaments of the wild silkworm.
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a lustrous fabric simulating pongee and woven from fibers other than silk.
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Honan
1
British
/ ˈhəʊˈnæn /
noun
honan
2
British
/ ˈhəʊˈnæn /
noun
Etymology
Origin of Honan
First recorded in 1880–85; named after Honan, where the fabric was first manufactued
Example Sentences
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Katie Honan, a reporter with The City, accepted the chips after Greco insisted, despite Honan initially declining, only to discover inside a red envelope containing at least one $100 bill and several $20s.
From Salon • Aug. 23, 2025
“Glass, and the other things like it, won’t always be ugly and awkward,” Mat Honan wrote in Wired in 2013, in a retrospective of a year of wearing the device.
From Slate • Sep. 26, 2024
Democratic polling and strategy group Honan Strategy Group is meanwhile trying to develop an AI survey bot.
From Reuters • May 30, 2023
Katie Honan, a reporter for The City, a nonprofit news outlet covering New York, said she was pleased by the change since the departure of the often tardy previous mayor, Bill de Blasio.
From New York Times • Jun. 6, 2022
Situated in the mountains between the provinces of Honan and Shensi, it was strong by position, while the labor of centuries had added enormously to its strength.
From Historic Tales, Vol. 12 (of 15) The Romance of Reality by Morris, Charles
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