Yunnan

[ yoo-nan, -nahn; Chinese yyn-nahn ]

nounPinyin.
  1. a province in southern China. 168,417 sq. mi. (436,200 sq. km). Capital: Kunming.

  2. former name of Kunming.

  • Also Wade-Giles, Yün·nan .

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How to use Yunnan in a sentence

  • Dr. Anderson obtained a specimen of this species at an elevation of 5000 feet, at Teng-yue-chow in Yunnan.

  • An Italian on his way down the river wired the landlord of the best inn in Yunnan-fu of my coming, that I might be properly met.

    A Wayfarer in China | Elizabeth Kendall
  • Formerly Yunnan stood in the forefront of opium-producing provinces, but when I was there not a poppy-field was to be seen.

    A Wayfarer in China | Elizabeth Kendall
  • By the arrangement of the Foreign Office two soldiers were detailed to escort me across Yunnan.

    A Wayfarer in China | Elizabeth Kendall

British Dictionary definitions for Yunnan

Yunnan

Ynnan

/ (juːˈnæn) /


noun
  1. a province of SW China: consists mainly of a plateau broken in the southeast by the Red and Black Rivers, with mountains in the west, rising over 5500 m (18 000 ft); large deposits of tin, lead, zinc, and coal. Capital: Kunming. Pop: 43 760 000 (2003 est). Area: 436 200 sq km (168 400 sq miles)

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