Hu Nan
Hu Nan is the alternative form of Hunan.
Meaning of Hunan
Proper noun
Hunan
- A province of China, located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River and south of Lake Dongting. Capital: Changsha.
- Foreign Missions.—Pursuing the Fulton pledge system of two-cents-a-week-for-Missions, our young people have contributed to the support of their representative in China, Rev. T. J. Preston. He has recently gone to our station at Chang-teh, in the Hunan Province, China.1899 May, “Report of Permanent Committee on Christian Endeavor”, in Minutes of the General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, volume 69, Nashville, TN, page 21a
Origin of Hu Nan
Borrowed from Mandarin 湖南 (Hú Nán).
Questions about Hu Nan
- What is Hu Nan the alternative form of?
- Hu Nan is the alternative form of Hunan.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: Hu Nan (page history and authors); Hunan (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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