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Mohan

Syllables: Mo·han

Mohan proper noun: a male given name from Sanskrit.

Proper noun (1)

Mohan (plural Mohans)

  1. A male given name from Sanskrit.

Proper noun (2)

Mohan (plural Mohans)

  1. A surname.

Proper noun (3)

Mohan

  1. A border town neighbouring Laos in Mengla County, Xishuangbanna prefecture, Yunnan, China.
    • At least 30 Uyghurs were apprehended at the town of Mohan on the border with Laos in Yunnan’s Mengla county in late September, and scores of others were detained around the province in recent weeks, a Uyghur merchant in the province told RFA’s Uyghur Service.2013 October 3, Shohret Hoshur, Rachel Vandenbrink, “100 Uyghurs Rounded Up in Police Hunt in Yunnan”, in Shohret Hoshur, transl., Radio Free Asia, archived from the original on 30 Oct 2014
    • A Southeast Asia media delegation recently participated in the "China-Laos Railway Journey", at the invitation by the People's Government of Yunnan Province, to visit Kunming, Pu'er and Xishuangbanna, and learnt of the immigration and customs procedures at the transit station in Mohan, located at...2023 June 21, Bernama, “Stricter procedures entering China via railways from Southeast Asia”, in The Straits Times, archived from the original on 22 Jun 2023

Mohan meaning in Bengali

Mohan in Bengali

লাওস সীমান্তবর্তী একটি শহর

Forms of Mohan

pluralMohans
alternative formMohon

Origin of Mohan

Transliteration of Hindi मोहन (mohan), etc.

Anglicized form of Irish Ó Mocháin (“descendant of Mochán”), from a diminutive of moch (“early, timely”).

From Mandarin 磨憨 (Móhān) or Lü ᦢᦸᧈᦠᦱᧃ (ḃoa¹ḣaan).

Questions about Mohan

What does Mohan mean?
Mohan means a male given name from Sanskrit.
What is Mohan in Bengali?
Mohan in Bengali is লাওস সীমান্তবর্তী একটি শহর. See Mohan meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is Mohan?
Mohan is a proper noun.

Words near Mohan in the dictionary

  1. Mohammod
  2. Mohammud
  3. Mohamod
  4. Mohamud
  5. Mohamut
  6. Mohan
  7. Mohand
  8. Mohands
  9. Mohans
  10. Mohanty
  11. Mohantys

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Mohan (page history and authors); Mohan (Bengali Wiktionary) (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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