1. (n.)Yunnan a province in S China. 39,390,000; 168,417 sq. mi. (436,200 sq. km).
Definition of 'Yunnan'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (noun)Yunnan, Yunnan province a province of southern China
Definitions of 'Yunnan'
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
1. Yunnan the extremesouth-westernprovince of the Chinese Empire; is fertile particularly in the S.; yields large quantities of maize, rice, tobacco, sugar, and especially opium, and abounds in mineral wealth, including gold, silver, mercury, as well as iron, copper, and lead; the country was long a prey to revolt against the Chinese rule, but it is now, after a war of extermination against the rebels, the Panthays, the Burmese, reduced to order.