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10 dictionary results for: Han

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Han

[hahn] Pronunciation Key

–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 mi. (1450 km) long.

3.	the Chinese people in general, esp. those not of Mongol, Manchu, Tibetan, or other non-Chinese extraction.

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Han

[hahn, huhn] Pronunciation Key

–noun, plural Hans, (especially collectively

) Han for 1.

1.	a member of a group of Indians inhabiting the Yukon River drainage basin near the Alaska-Canada border.

2.	the Athabaskan language of the Han.

[Origin: < Kutchin han-g^wičin river dwellers

]

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Han River

–noun

Han Shui.

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Han¹ (hän) Pronunciation Key
n. pl. Han or Hans
A member of the principal ethnic group of China, constituting about 93 percent of the population, especially as distinguished from Manchus, Mongols, Huis, and other minority nationalities. Also called Chinese, Han Chinese.

[Chinese (Mandarin) Hàn.]

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Han² (hän) Pronunciation Key
A Chinese dynasty (206 B.C.-A.D. 220) noted for unifying and expanding its national territory and for promoting literature and the arts.

[Chinese (Mandarin) Hàn.]

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Han

Chinese dynasty, 206 B.C.E.-220 C.E., its rule marked by prosperity, military success, and the introduction of Buddhism.

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han
noun
imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time from 206 BC to AD 220) and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy; remembered as one of the great eras of Chinese civilization

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Han

Han\, v. t. [Cf. Sw. h["a]gn hedge, inclosure, Dan. hegn hedge, fence. See Hedge.] To inclose for mowing; to set aside for grass. "A ground . . . hained in." --Holland.

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Han

Han\, contr. inf. & plural pres. of Haven. To have; have. [Obs.] --Piers Plowman.

Him thanken all, and thus they han an end. --Chaucer.

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American Heritage Abbreviations Dictionary 3rd Edition - Cite This Source - Share This

HAN
home area network

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