He'nan

name

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Misspelling of Henan. alt-of, misspelling

    "During the Jin Dynasty, a woodcutter by the name of Wang Qiao lived at the foot of a mountain in Xin’an County of He’nan^([sic – meaning Henan])."

Example

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"During the Jin Dynasty, a woodcutter by the name of Wang Qiao lived at the foot of a mountain in Xin’an County of He’nan^([sic – meaning Henan])."

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 河南 (Hénán) incorrectly as Hé'nán.

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