Henan

[ hœ-nahn ]

noun

, Pinyin.

1. a province in eastern China. 64,479 sq. mi. (167,000 sq. km). : Zhengzhou.
2. former name of Luoyang.

Henan

/ ˈhʌˈnæn /

noun

1. a province of N central China: the chief centre of early Chinese culture; mainly agricultural (the largest wheat-producing province in China). Capital: Zhengzhou. Pop: 96 670 000 (2003 est)

Example Sentences

The same day, protests staged by nearly 1,000 depositors in Zhengzhou, the capital of Henan, were crushed by authorities.

From Quartz

In the run up to the Lunar New Year, citizens in the western city of Xi’an and in the northwestern province of Henan were told to stay at home.

From Time

Some even shared photos online of the family graves of Evergrande founder Hui Ka Yan, located at his ancestral home in the central province of Henan, exhorting people to go and vandalize them.

From Time

The Henan fire didn’t make the front page of the provincial Henan Daily newspaper or break the top 50 topics discussed on Weibo.

From Washington Post

Four municipal leaders in Henan, he added, had already been removed from their positions.

From Washington Post

In rural Henan, Pai meets the coal dealer Da Cai, one of five brothers, all but the youngest of whom left their native village.

From The Daily Beast

Born in rural Henan province in eastern China, Chen was the son of migrant workers.

From The Daily Beast

No fewer than 19 similar cases took place last year in the same small township in Henan.

From The Daily Beast

When Wu, as minister of pubic health, went to Henan on an official visit, she asked to talk to Gao.

From The Daily Beast

Then there is the case of Dr. Gao Yaojie, a Chinese AIDS activist in Zhengzhou, Henan Province.

From The Daily Beast

The young generation joined Margaret Henan in laughing at them, but the old crones continued to shake their heads.

From Project Gutenberg

And the more I learned of Margaret Henan in the weeks that followed the more mysteriously remote she became.

From Project Gutenberg

Katie was the last and eleventh, and Margaret Henan, at thirty-five, ceased from her exertions.

From Project Gutenberg

Yet it was from her I learned that evening that Margaret Henan had once been one of the island belles.

From Project Gutenberg

Herself the daughter of a well-to-do farmer, she had married Thomas Henan, equally well-to-do.

From Project Gutenberg