Hunan

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Mandarin 湖南 (Húnán), literally “south of the lake”, referring to Lake Dongting.

Proper noun

Hunan

1. A province of the People's Republic of China, located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River and south of Lake Dongting.

Translations

province of China

• Arabic: خُونَان m (ḵunān), هُونَان m (hunān)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 湖南 (wu⁴ naam⁴)

  Mandarin: 湖南 (zh) (Húnán)

• Czech: Chu-nan
• Hungarian: Hunan
• Japanese: 湖南 (ja) (こなん, Konan)
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• Korean: 후난 (Hunan)
• Lü: ᦆᦴᧉᦓᦱᧃᧉ (xuu²naan²)
• Manchu: ᡥᡡᠨᠠᠨ (hūnan)
• Macedonian: Хунан (Hunan)
• Marathi: हुनान (hunān)
• Russian: Хуна́нь m (Xunánʹ)
• Vietnamese: Hồ Nam
• Zhuang: Huznamz, Huznanz

See also

• Changsha