Definition of Hunan
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: of, relating to, or being a hot and spicy style of Chinese cooking
Hunan
geographical nameDefinition of Hunan (Entry 2 of 2)
province of southeast central China; capital Changsha area 81,274 square miles (211,312 square kilometers), population 65,700,762
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The first known use of Hunan was in 1970
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