Hunan

Meaning

1. A province of China, located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River and south of Lake Dongting. Capital: Changsha.

Etymology / origin

Borrowed from Mandarin 湖南 (Húnán) Wade-Giles romanization: Hu²-nan², literally “south of the lake”, referring to Lake Dongting. Doublet of Honam.

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