Khanolan was a winter pasture located in the territory of the Gazakh uezd of the former Yelizavetpol (Ganja) governorate, later in the former Shamshaddin (Berd) district, and present-day Tavush province. It was dissolved in 1930.

The toponym was coined by combining the word “khan” used in the sense of “rich, a lord, landlord” and the word “olan” used in the sense of “a place of residence” and means “the place of residence of khan”.