Definition of Honan

1. a fine silk [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Honan

homunculi
homy
homœoblastic
homœogenesis
homœoid
homœomerous
homœomorph
homœomorphy
homœopathism
homœopathist
homœopathists
homœoplasty
homœothermic
hon
honan (current term)
honans
honbasho
honcho
honchoed
honchoing
honchos
hond
honda
hondas
hondel
hondle
hondled
hondles
hondling

Literary usage of Honan

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Treaties and Agreements with and Concerning China, 1894-1919: A Collection by John Van Antwerp MacMurray (1921)
"Regulations for mining purposes, iron works, and transporting mine products of all kinds in the Province of honan.\\—June 21, 1898. 1.—The Governor of honan ..."

2. Report of the Annual Meeting (1900)
"The paper gave a description of the bituminous and anthracite coal-fields of Shansi and honan, visited either by the author or by members of his expedition ..."

3. The Monthly Review by Charles William Wason (1836)
"Mr. honan is that gentleman, who has in the present volume brought into a collected form the materials which disjointedly and periodically appeared in the ..."

4. A Narrative of an Exploratory Visit to Each of the Consular Cities of China by George Smith (1857)
"Visit to honan Monastery — Numerous Temples, Monks, and Nuns in Canton—Universal Idolatry—Visit of some petty Mandarins, and Priest's Alarm—Religious ..."

5. Transactions of the Philological Society by Philological Society (Great Britain). (1887)
"7. CN Tchao, in E. Shansi. 8. CN Wei (anc. Ngu), in NE honan and S. ... C. Wei, in S. Shansi and N."W. honan. 15. C. Nan Wei, south of preceding. 16. ..."

6. A Peep at China in Mr. Dunn's Chinese Collection: With Miscellaneous Notices by Enoch Cobb Wines, Nathan Dunn (1839)
"Picture of honan. Directly opposite these two pictures, is a smaller one of honan, a village on the south side of Pearl river, over against Canton. ..."

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