Hunan

American  

[hoo-nahn] / ˈhuˈnɑn /

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.

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Hunan British  

/ 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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Example Sentences

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

From Los Angeles Times

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.

From BBC

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.

From BBC

Born in a poor village in Hunan province in China in 1982, he left school at 14 and learned computer coding.

From BBC

A car has been driven into a crowd of people outside a primary school in China's Hunan province, with multiple injuries feared.

From BBC