HAN DYNASTY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Han dynasty mean? 

• HAN DYNASTY (noun)
  The noun HAN DYNASTY has 1 sense:

1. imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time from 206 BC to AD 220) and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy; remembered as one of the great eras of Chinese civilization

  Familiarity information: HAN DYNASTY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HAN DYNASTY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time from 206 BC to AD 220) and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy; remembered as one of the great eras of Chinese civilization

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

Han; Han dynasty

Hypernyms ("Han dynasty" is a kind of...):

dynasty (a sequence of powerful leaders in the same family)