henan
/həˈnɑːn/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.63 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A Mongol autonomous county in Huangnan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai, China. Official name: Henan Mongol Autonomous County.
Example Sentences
- "Heavy rainfall inundated streets and caused major rivers to burst their banks in the central province of Henan on Tuesday.[…] Henan is a particularly populous province and a major transport hub. It is also a key base for industry and agriculture."
- "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."
- "Gao moved to New York in 2009 after years of harassment by Chinese officials believed to be nursing grudges after she exposed a cover-up of the true extent of the AIDS epidemic in central Henan province.[…] Experts estimate at least one million farmers in Henan alone contracted HIV/AIDS in the blood trade."
- "The very next day, Tenzin Nyima was transferred to a prison in Henan Mongolian Autonomous County for six days of questioning.[…] Once in Henan, Tenzin Nyima quickly came to know that Lodroe and Rigdrol, the monks who had helped with the flags, had also been seized."
- "HENAN MONGOL AUTONOMOUS COUNTY (SOGWO)[…] In Henan County, 325km south of Xining, 90 percent of its 27,000 people are Mongolian.[…] There is a bus to Henan that leaves Xining at 07:30 everyday.^([sic])"
- "Located in the southeast of China’s Qinghai (Kökenuur) province, Henan Mongol Autonomous County has an area of 7,000 square kilometers (2,700 square miles). Henan lies on the eastern edge of the Tibetan plateau at an altitude mostly over 3,500 meters (11,500 feet) and shares the plateau’s strong sunlight, cool summers, and extremely unpredictable weather."
Etymology
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 河南 (Hénán, literally “[land] south of the river (referring to the Yellow River)”).
Word Breakdown
- Root: -, 河南