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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 resources
Familiarity information: HUNAN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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