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HUNAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Hunan mean? 

HUNAN (noun)
  The noun HUNAN has 1 sense:

1. a province in southeastern central China between the Nan Ling mountains and the Chang Jiang; noted for its timber and valuable mineral resourcesplay

  Familiarity information: HUNAN used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


HUNAN (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A province in southeastern central China between the Nan Ling mountains and the Chang Jiang; noted for its timber and valuable mineral resources

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Hunan; Hunan province

Instance hypernyms:

province; state (the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation)

Holonyms ("Hunan" is a part of...):

Cathay; China; Communist China; mainland China; People's Republic of China; PRC; Red China (a communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia; the most populous country in the world)


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