# Henan

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /həˈnɑːn/ · frequency rank #45,421

## Definitions
1. A province of China. Capital: Zhengzhou.
2. A Mongol autonomous county in the Tibetan autonomous prefecture of Huangnan prefecture, Qinghai Province, China. Official name: Henan Mongol Autonomous County.
3. An island and former district, now part of Haizhu District south of the old urban core of Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.

## Etymology
From various romanizations of the Chinese 河南 (Hénán, literally “[land] south of the river (referring to the Yellow River)”).

## Easily confused with
- **Hera** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/henan-vs-hera)
- **hwan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/henan-vs-hwan)
- **hewn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/henan-vs-hewn)
- **human** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/henan-vs-human)
- **henry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/henan-vs-henry)
- **hence** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/henan-vs-hence)
- **hogan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/henan-vs-hogan)
- **heron** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/henan-vs-heron)
- **Hyman** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/henan-vs-hyman)
- **henna** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/henan-vs-henna)
- **Hunan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/henan-vs-hunan)
- **hyena** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/henan-vs-hyena)
- **Horan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/henan-vs-horan)
- **Henny** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/henan-vs-henny)
- **Herat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/henan-vs-herat)
- **Herman** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/henan-vs-herman)
- **hentai** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/henan-vs-hentai)
- **Henson** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/henan-vs-henson)
- **han** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/han-vs-henan)
- **hen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hen-vs-henan)

## Common misspellings (6)
`ehnan`, `heann`, `henann`, `hennan`, `hhenan`, `hnean`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/henan