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Han
1[ hahn ]
noun
- 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.
- a river flowing from central China into the Yangtze at Hankow. 900 miles (1,450 km) long.
- the Chinese people in general, especially those not of Mongol, Manchu, Tibetan, or other non-Chinese extraction.
Han
2[ hahn, huhn ]
noun
plural Hans, (especially collectively) Han
- a member of a group of Indigenous people inhabiting the Yukon River drainage basin near the Alaska-Canada border.
- the Athabascan language of the Han.
Han
1/ æ /
noun
- 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)
Han
2/ æ /
noun
- the imperial dynasty that ruled China for most of the time from 206 bc to 221 ad , expanding its territory and developing its bureaucracy
- the Chinese people as contrasted to Mongols, Manchus, etc
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Han1
From Kutchin -ɾč “river dwellers”
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The current government is led by acting president and prime minister Han Duck-soo the People Power Party's.
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Han knows he must exaggerate Min’s daffy naivete to get us to buy into his zeal to live in a small shack with noncommittal Chris.
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Han, 26, remembers running his character’s potential secrets by Yang, 34, to get feedback on them.
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The most controversial revision was the scene where Harrison Ford's Han Solo shoots dead bounty hunter Greedo.
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South Korea's acting president Han Duck-Soo said "the global trade war has become a reality".
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