Hunan
Pinyin, Wade-Giles. a province in S China. 81,274 sq. mi. (210,500 sq. km). Capital: Changsha.
Also Hu·nam [hoo-nahm]. /ˈhuˈnɑm/. Chinese Cooking. a style of cooking from this province, characterized especially by the use of hot peppers.
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How to use Hunan in a sentence
About eight years ago, Li Hong began rearing snakes on a patch of land in China’s central Hunan province.
COVID-19 Has Slashed Asia's Appetite for Wild Animals, a New Report Finds | Charlie Campbell / Shanghai | May 24, 2021 | TimeHis influence as viceroy of the two important provinces of Hupek and Hunan is supreme.
The remaining city troops were from the province of Hunan and their sympathies were really with the South in the great rebellion.
Camps and Trails in China | Roy Chapman Andrews and Yvette Borup AndrewsThe Tung-ting Hû appears to be the largest, mostly in the province of Hunan, which is sixty-five or seventy miles long.
Four Young Explorers | Oliver OpticA Hunan man living at Hankow, and a Christian, was greatly troubled because his wife would bind their little girl's feet.
Intimate China | Mrs. Archibald Little
But the Hunan men never fought the Japanese, and it remains a question whether they ever intended doing so.
Intimate China | Mrs. Archibald Little
British Dictionary definitions for Hunan
/ (ˈhuːˈnæn) /
a province of S China, between the Yangtze River and the Nan Ling Mountains: drained chiefly by the Xiang and Yüan Rivers; valuable mineral resources. Capital: Changsha. Pop: 66 630 000 (2003 est). Area: 210 500 sq km (82 095 sq miles)
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