河南

“Henan”

So named as it (largely) lies on the south of the Yellow River.

河南

1. (～省) Henan (a province of China)
2. (historical) Henan (a geographic region south of the Yellow River in northern China)
3. Henan (an island and former district, now part of Haizhu District south of the old urban core of Guangzhou, Guangdong, China)
4. (～省) Hà Nam (a former province of Vietnam (abolished in 2025))
5. (～縣, ～蒙古族自治縣) Henan, Henan Mongol Autonomous County (a Mongol autonomous county in the Tibetan autonomous prefecture of Huangnan prefecture, Qinghai Province, China)
6. (～町) Kanan (a town in Osaka Prefecture, Japan)
7. (～市) Hanam (a city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea)

• 河東／河东 (Hédōng)
• 河西 (héxī)
• 河北 (Héběi)

Others:

• → English: Henan
• → Manchu: ᡥᠣᠨᠠᠨ (honan)

Orthographic borrowing from Chinese 河南 (Hénán).

This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

• IPA^(key): [ka̠nã̠ɴ]

河(か)南(なん) • (Kanan) 

1. Henan (a province of China)
2. (historical) Henan (a geographic region south of the Yellow River in northern China)

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key): [ka̠nã̠ɴ]

• IPA^(key): [ka̠β̞a̠na̠]

• (Tokyo) かわみなみ [kàwámíꜜnàmì] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [ka̠β̞a̠mʲina̠mʲi]

• IPA^(key): [ka̠β̞a̠na̠mʲi]

河(か)南(なん) • (Kanan) 

1. Kanan (a town in Osaka Prefecture, Japan)
2. Kanan (neighborhoods in Japan):
   1. a neighborhood of Miyako, Iwate Prefecture
   2. a neighborhood of Imabari, Ehime Prefecture
   3. a neighborhood of Fuchū, Hiroshima Prefecture

河(かわ)南(な) • (Kawana) ^{←かはな (Kafana)?}

1. a surname

河(かわ)南(みなみ) • (Kawaminami) ^{←かはみなみ (Kafaminami)?}

1. Kawaminami (a neighborhood of Kaga, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan)

河(かわ)南(なみ) • (Kawanami) ^{←かはなみ (Kafanami)?}

1. Kawanami (a neighborhood of Maibara, Shiga Prefecture, Japan)

河南 • (Hanam) (hangeul 하남)

1. hanja form^? of 하남 : Henan (a province of China)

河南

1. chữ Hán form of Hà Nam

• Văn Mới (1954)