WUHAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Wuhan mean? 

• WUHAN (noun)
  The noun WUHAN has 1 sense:

1. a city of central China on the Chang Jiang; the commercial and industrial center of central China

  Familiarity information: WUHAN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WUHAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A city of central China on the Chang Jiang; the commercial and industrial center of central China

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)

Holonyms ("Wuhan" is a part of...):

Cathay; China; Communist China; mainland China; People's Republic of China; PRC; Red China (a communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia; the most populous country in the world)

 Context examples 

Study author Xiaomin Zhang, of Huazhong University of Science and Technology in Wuhan, China, said: "More research is needed to understand how taking long naps and sleeping longer hours at night may be tied to an increased risk of stroke, but previous studies have shown that long nappers and sleepers have unfavorable changes in their cholesterol levels and increased waist circumferences, both of which are risk factors for stroke.

(Regular extended sleep increases risk of stroke, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)