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Ho⋅nan

  [hoh-nan; Chin. hœ-nahn]
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–noun
1. Wade-Giles. Henan.
2. (usually lowercase) Textiles.
a. a pongee fabric made from the filaments of the wild silkworm.
b. a lustrous fabric simulating pongee and woven from fibers other than silk.

He⋅nan

  [hœ-nahn]
–noun Pinyin.
1. a province in E China. 50,320,000; 64,479 sq. mi. (167,000 sq. km). Capital: Zhengzhou.
2. former name of Luoyang.
Also, Honan.
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He·nan   (hŭ'nän')   
A province of east-central China. It is one of the oldest inhabited regions in China and the site of many Stone Age remains. Zhengzhou is the capital. Population: 91,200,000.
ho·nan also Ho·nan   (hō'nän')   
n.  A pongee fabric of even color made originally from silk produced by the silkworms of Henan (formerly Honan), China.
Honan  
See Henan.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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