# Honan

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #77,773

## Definitions
1. Alternative form of Henan, in its various senses.

## Etymology
From the Postal Romanization of the Nanking court dialect Mandarin 河南 (Hénán, literally “[land] south of the river”).

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