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ALL meanings of han

Han
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  • noun han a 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. Compare Earlier Han, Later Han. 1
  • noun han a river flowing from central China into the Yangtze at Hankow. 900 miles (1450 km) long. 1
  • noun han the Chinese people in general, especially those not of Mongol, Manchu, Tibetan, or other non-Chinese extraction. 1
  • noun plural han a member of a group of Indians inhabiting the Yukon River drainage basin near the Alaska-Canada border. 1
  • noun plural han the Athabaskan language of the Han. 1
  • noun han 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) 0
  • noun han the imperial dynasty that ruled China for most of the time from 206 bc to 221 ad, expanding its territory and developing its bureaucracy 0
  • noun han the Chinese people as contrasted to Mongols, Manchus, etc 0
  • noun han a Chinese dynasty (202 b.c.-a.d. 220) characterized by the introduction of Buddhism, a renewal of the arts, and territorial expansion 0
  • noun han an ethnic group in China constituting the majority of the Chinese people and distinguished from the Manchus, Mongols, etc. 0
  • noun han river in central China, flowing from Shaanxi province southeast into the Chang at Wuhan: c. 900 mi (1,448 km) 0
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