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Szechuan

British  
/ ˈsɪtʃwɑːn /

noun

  1. a variant transliteration of the Chinese name for Sichuan

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The orange sauce — almost candy-sweet with a citrus tang — is cooked with real orange peels and dried Szechuan peppers.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 26, 2025

My own go-to is a cold sesame noodle appetizer from the Szechuan place on my block.

From Salon • Jul. 21, 2025

It included 16 ingredients, Indian mulberry, golden eye-grass, the deciduous perennial Asian lizard’s tail and the carrot-like plant Szechuan Lovage among them.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 2, 2024

The jam sauce, meanwhile, features red pepper, Szechuan peppercorn, cayenne pepper and apple vinegar.

From Washington Times • Sep. 26, 2023

"Goodness, that ginger is spicy—it's the Szechuan cooking style, you know. How am I related? Let me see, Uncle Sam was my father's oldest brother, or was he the youngest brother of my father's father?"

From "The Westing Game" by Ellen Raskin

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