Yunnan

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

noun

, Pinyin.

1. a province in southern China. 168,417 sq. mi. (436,200 sq. km). : Kunming.
2. former name of Kunming.

Yunnan

/ 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)

Example Sentences

Leading a large delegation of officials and business figures, Min Aung Hlaing arrived on Tuesday in Kunming, a city in the province of Yunnan, which shares a long border with Myanmar.

From BBC

In May, a man stabbed dead two people and wounded 21 others at a hospital in the southern province of Yunnan.

From BBC

In June, an alliance of three ethnic armies renewed an offensive against the military, seizing territory along a key highway to China's Yunnan province, which borders Myanmar.

From BBC

Now the border the BBC visited is marked by a high, metal fence running through the county of Ruili in Yunnan province.

From BBC

“Our generation is under so much pressure,” said Lu Baike, the founder of a “youth nursing home” in China’s southern Yunnan province.

From Los Angeles Times