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Han

proper noun

  1. ancient Chinese state
  2. male given name
  3. family name
  4. place name
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /hæn/ / /han/ / /hɑn/ / /heɪn/ / /hən/

name

  1. A First Nations people of Canada and an Alaska Native Athabaskan people of the Athabaskan-speaking ethnolinguistic group.
  2. The Northern Athabaskan language spoken by the Han people, or Hän Hwëch'in, in Alaska and the Yukon.

noun

Etymology: From Korean 한(恨) (han), from Middle Chinese 恨 (MC honH).

  1. Sorrowful resentment, as a part of the Korean cultural identity.

verb

Etymology: From Middle English han, contraction of haven.

  1. plural simple present of have

    They han the fleece, and eke the flesh;

    Since that ye han had my virginitie,