Word.ws English Dictionary

Khasan

US/kəˈsɑn./

Khasan proper noun: an urban-type settlement in Khasansky district, Primorsky Krai, Russia.

Proper noun

Khasan

  1. An urban-type settlement in Khasansky district, Primorsky Krai, Russia.

Origin of Khasan

Borrowed from Russian Хаса́н (Xasán). Further etymology is disputed as either: * from Mongolian, referring to a Mongol leader who died fighting rebel tribes, and was buried by his soldiers near Lake Khasan, or * from Chinese 海山 (Hǎishān, “seas and mountains”), referring to the local terrain.

Questions about Khasan

What does Khasan mean?
Khasan means an urban-type settlement in Khasansky district, Primorsky Krai, Russia.
What part of speech is Khasan?
Khasan is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Khasan?
Khasan is pronounced /kəˈsɑn./ (US).

Words near Khasan in the dictionary

  1. Khas
  2. Khas Nepali
  3. Khas-kura
  4. Khas-Nepali
  5. Khasa
  6. Khasan
  7. Khasansky
  8. Khasas
  9. Khasavyurt
  10. khash
  11. Khashgai

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Khasan (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.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “Khasan.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/khasan. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.