Hunan

Meaning

Proper Noun

  • A province of China, located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River and south of Lake Dongting.

Origin

  • Borrowed from Mandarin Wade-Giles romanization: Hu²-nan², literally “south of the lake”, referring to Lake Dongting.

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