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Hang River
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Han

  [hahn]
–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.

Han Shui

  [hahn shwee]
–noun Pinyin, Wade-Giles.
a river flowing from central China into the Chang Jiang at Wuhan. 900 mi. (1450 km) long.
Also called Han River.
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Han River   (hän)   
A river, about 1,126 km (700 mi) long, of east-central China flowing generally southeast to the Chang Jiang (Yangtze River).
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Word Origin & History

Han 
Chinese dynasty, 206 B.C.E.-220 C.E., its rule marked by prosperity, military success, and the introduction of Buddhism.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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