Hunan
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4.3
- proper noun
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Hunan
- Many tourists visit Hunan Province to explore its beautiful landscapes and historical sites.
- Hunan province
- China's Hunan
Certain food people would say, oh, this is food from my area, you know, or this is food from, you know, the Hunan province, you know, or this is food.
- Certain food people would say, oh, this is food from my area, you know, or this is food from, you know, the Hunan province, you know, or this is food.
Examples
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Among the 319 households surveyed in Hunan province, 67 percent reported that their tax burden remained heavy even after the tax-for-fee reform.
Academic text (2014) -
Do you know our family came from Hunan?
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And what they discovered was in Hunan in the South, rice was the staple good.
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In Changsha, capital of Hunan Province, in the southern part of the country, a local hospital was simply following these directions.
Academic text (2009) -
Well-preserved instruments have been found in a 2,100-year-old tomb in Hunan Province.
Academic text (2006) -
The study, conducted by five third-year students at Hunan Normal University, surveyed 363 doctors at 19 hospitals.
Blog text (14) -
Children came from 22 different provinces: 19 percent were adopted from Guangdong, 17 percent from Hunan, and 14 percent from Jiangxi; fewer than 10 percent were adopted from each of the other provinces.
Academic text (2006) -
The world's top 15 wingsuit fliers converged on Zhangjiajie in Hunan province last weekend for the inaugural Tianmen Mountain Grand Prix.
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The capital of Hunan is Changsha, which is known for its vibrant nightlife and delicious street food.
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Professor Robert Burns has been arrested in the Hunan province of China during an archaeological excavation.
Synonyms
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4.6
A province in south-central China known for spicy food and mountains
Compounds
Surface Forms
Etymology
Hunan comes from the Chinese characters 湖 and 南, which mean 'lake' and 'south'. So Hunan literally means 'south of the lake', which helps explain why the province is the area south of a large lake.