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Honam

Honam proper noun: a historical region of South Korea, covering the modern-day Gwangju and Jeolla provinces.

Proper noun (1)

Honam

  1. A historical region of South Korea, covering the modern-day Gwangju and Jeolla provinces.
    • In the Honam region, the succession is through paternal lines based on tan'golp'an (hereditary priestly authority).1988, Kim T'ae-gon, “Regional Characteristics of Korean Shamanism”, in Yi Yu-jin, transl., edited by Richard W.I. Guisso and Chai-shun Yu, Shamanism: The Spirit World of Korea (Studies in Korean...
    • While current regionalism is mainly a conflict between the Youngnam and Honam regions, its historical origin goes farther back in the period of the Three States (1st century- 7th century). In the late 7th century, Silla, which roughly corresponds to the current Youngnam region, unified the...1989 April, Nam Young Lee, Choong-Bin Cho, “Regionalism in Korea”, in Dalchoong Kim, Brian L. Evans, editors, Korea and Canada: New Frontiers in the Asia-Pacific Era (East and West Studies Series)...

Proper noun (2)

Honam

  1. Synonym of Henan
    Synonyms:
    Henan

Synonyms of Honam

Origin of Honam

Borrowed from Korean 호남(湖南) (honam). Doublet of Hunan.

From Cantonese 河南 (ho⁴ naam⁴).

Questions about Honam

What does Honam mean?
Honam means a historical region of South Korea, covering the modern-day Gwangju and Jeolla provinces.
What part of speech is Honam?
Honam is a proper noun.

Words near Honam in the dictionary

  1. Hon'delifushi
  2. hon.
  3. Honachefsky
  4. Honaker
  5. Honakers
  6. Honam
  7. Honan
  8. Honanie
  9. Honans
  10. Honavar
  11. honbasho

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