a river in E central China, rising in S Shaanxi and flowing southeast through Hubei to the Yangtze River at Wuhan. Length: about 1450 km (900 miles)
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Han
(hän),USA pronunciation n.
Han (hän, hun),USA pronunciation n., pl. Hans, (esp. collectively) Han for 1.
- Ancient History, World Historya 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. Cf. Earlier Han, Later Han.
- Place Namesa river flowing from central China into the Yangtze at Hankow. 900 mi. (1450 km) long.
- the Chinese people in general, esp. those not of Mongol, Manchu, Tibetan, or other non-Chinese extraction.
Han (hän, hun),USA pronunciation n., pl. Hans, (esp. collectively) Han for 1.
- Language Varietiesa member of a group of Indians inhabiting the Yukon River drainage basin near the Alaska-Canada border.
- the Athabaskan language of the Han.
- Kutchin han-gwičin river dwellers
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the imperial dynasty that ruled China for most of the time from 206 bc to 221 ad, expanding its territory and developing its bureaucracy the Chinese people as contrasted to Mongols, Manchus, etc
'Han' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Chaozhou
- Earlier Han
- Han Cities
- Han Fei Zu
- Han Fei-tzu
- Han River
- Han Shui
- Han Wu Ti
- Han Yü
- Hanafi
- Hanbali
- Hanford
- Hangul
- Hankou
- Hankow
- Hanover Park
- Hansa
- Hansa yellow
- Hanseatic League
- Hansen's disease
- Hanyang
- Hentoff
- Hu Han-min
- John Hancock
- Later Han
- Liu Pang
- Pan Gu
- Seoul
- Shantou
- Shu Han
- Western Han
- Wu Di
- Wu Ti
- Wuhan
- baggage handler
- ball handling
- door handle
- haft
- handle
- handlebar moustache
- hanker
- hankering
- hanky
- hanky-panky
- hansom
- hant
- honcho
- hone
- kanji
- love handles