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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Honan immediately reported the incident, calling the campaign office and the Department of Investigation.
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
She invited a group of women to dinner at her home, all of whom had experience as activists: Ms. Schulman, Maxine Wolfe, Anne-Christine d’Adesky, Marie Honan and Anne Maguire.
From New York Times ● Jun. 25, 2021
Many of the Ti-pings come from the province of Honan, and the Chinese say the natives of that part are the handsomest in China.
From Ti-Ping Tien-Kwoh The History of the Ti-Ping Revolution (Volume I) by Lindley, Augustus F.
He had already won Lady Spilsbury's heart by recommending to her the honan tcha, or Tartar tea, which enables the Tartars to digest raw flesh, and tinges water of a red colour.
From Tales and Novels — Volume 07 by Edgeworth, Maria
Honan, self, is used with possessive pronouns as in English: ow honan, myself; dha honan, thyself, &c.
From A Handbook of the Cornish Language chiefly in its latest stages with some account of its history and literature by Jenner, Henry
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