Honan
or HO-NAN (hō-nan'), a central province of China; area, 67,940 square miles; pop. about 25,000,000 Its capital, Kaifung-fu, is on the Yellow river, from which it has often suffered, the river bed being here elevated above the adjacent country. miles. See JAPAN. by the Japanese to the chief island in their empire. The area is 87,425 square miles. See JAPAN.