Hunan

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Hunan

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)

Korean: 후난 (Hunan)
Lü: ᦆᦴᧉᦓᦱᧃᧉ (xuu²naan²)
Manchu: ᡥᡡᠨᠠᠨ (hūnan)
Macedonian: Хунан (Húnan)
Marathi: हुनान (hunāna)
Russian: Хуна́нь m (Xunánʹ)
Vietnamese: Hồ Nam
Zhuang: Huznamz, Huznanz

See also

Changsha

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