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Han-yang

Han-yang is the alternative form of Hanyang.

Meaning of Hanyang

Proper noun

Hanyang

  1. A district of Wuhan, Hubei, China.
    • In the Countrey of Huquang, near to the City of Hanyang, is a Tower called Xelenhoa, which far excels all other the like Structures, in Art and Coſtlineſs.1669, John Nievhoff, translated by John Ogilby, An Embassy from the Eaſt-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham Emperour of China, London: John Macock, page 227
  2. (historical) Synonym of Seoul.
    • Yoo Se-poong (Kim Min-jae) and the motley crew of the Gyesu Clinic are back in business and this time they are plying their trade in the streets and palaces of Hanyang, the capital of South Korea’s Joseon dynasty that is today known as Seoul.2023 January 16, “K-drama Poong, the Joseon Psychiatrist Season 2: period medical drama starring Kim Min-jae moves from countryside to royal palace”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC...
    Synonyms:
    Seoul

Origin of Han-yang

From the Wade–Giles romanization of the Mandarin 漢陽 (Han⁴-yang²).

Questions about Han-yang

What is Han-yang the alternative form of?
Han-yang is the alternative form of Hanyang.

Words near Han-yang in the dictionary

  1. Han-ch'uan
  2. Han-chung
  3. han-geul
  4. Han-k'ou
  5. Han-tan
  6. Han-yang
  7. Hana
  8. hanacaraka
  9. hanachas tefillin
  10. Hanadi
  11. Hanae

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Han-yang (page history and authors); Hanyang (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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