# Hunan

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /huːˈnɑːn/ · frequency rank #37,033

## Definitions
1. A province of China, located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River and south of Lake Dongting. Capital: Changsha.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Mandarin 湖南 (Húnán) Wade-Giles romanization: Hu²-nan², literally “south of the lake”, referring to Lake Dongting. Doublet of Honam.

## Easily confused with
- **hunt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hunan-vs-hunt)
- **hung** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hunan-vs-hung)
- **hunk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hunan-vs-hunk)
- **Huns** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hunan-vs-huns)
- **hwan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hunan-vs-hwan)
- **hunts** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hunan-vs-hunts)
- **Huron** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hunan-vs-huron)
- **hunch** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hunan-vs-hunch)
- **Hyman** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hunan-vs-hyman)
- **hunky** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hunan-vs-hunky)
- **han** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/han-vs-hunan)
- **hun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hun-vs-hunan)
- **hua** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hua-vs-hunan)
- **Hana** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hana-vs-hunan)
- **hula** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hula-vs-hunan)
- **Huma** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/huma-vs-hunan)
- **Haan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haan-vs-hunan)
- **human** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/human-vs-hunan)
- **hogan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hogan-vs-hunan)
- **Huang** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/huang-vs-hunan)

## Common misspellings (7)
`hhunan`, `hnuan`, `huann`, `hunann`, `hunna`, `hunnan`, `uhnan`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/hunan