Hunan

[ hoo-nahn ]

noun
  1. Pinyin, Wade-Giles. a province in S China. 81,274 sq. mi. (210,500 sq. km). Capital: Changsha.

  2. 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

  • 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

Hunan

/ (ˈhuːˈnæn) /


noun
  1. 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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