Hunan

[hoo-nahn]

noun

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

2. Chinese Cooking.,  Also Hunam a style of cooking from this province, characterized especially by the use of hot peppers.

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)

Example Sentences

Adam Dai, founder of fireworks exporter Miracle Fireworks, based in the central Chinese province of Hunan, said a few American customers have already reached out and asked that their shipments be held.

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Born and raised in Hunan, he believed, "You can't be a revolutionary if you don't eat chillies".

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Born in Hunan province, China, Hu was an undergraduate at Tianjin University, and will be the first Asian American chancellor of UC Riverside.

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Sunday's incident comes just two months after 11 people were killed in another accident, when a passenger boat struck an industrial vessel in China's Hunan province.

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Liberal MP Keith Wolohan's channel has clips of him celebrating the Dragon Boat Festival with his kids and enjoying spicy Hunan food with his father.

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