Province of SE China

Usage examples of hunan.

She bit into a succulent rib and chewed thoughtfully, as though comparing southern barbecue with the Hunan her grandmother made.

Zilin had known this from the moment he left Shanghai for the peasant fields of destitute Hunan, where, his sources told him, Mao had returned after thirteen years, to conclude the process of winning over the populous central provinces to his cause.

Legend had it that a poet-statesman named Chu Yuan had turned himself into an instant folk hero by throwing himself into Lake Dongting in a province now known as Hunan to protest the inhumane policies of the ruling prince.

Today the old man was a power broker, but he could just as easily be shoveling cowshit in Hunan tomorrow.