Associations to the word «Sichuan»

Wiktionary

SICHUAN, proper noun. A province of central China. Historically Chongqing was also a part of it.
SICHUAN JAY, noun. A jay of western China, Perisoreus internigrans
SICHUAN JAYS, noun. Plural of Sichuan jay
SICHUAN PEPPER, noun. (countable) (uncountable) The outer pod of the tiny fruit of a number of species in the genus Zanthoxylum widely grown and consumed in Asia as a spice. Not closely related to black pepper or to chilli peppers.
SICHUAN PEPPER, noun. (uncountable) Spice made from this pod.
SICHUAN PEPPER, noun. (countable) A plant producing the pods, Zanthoxylum
SICHUAN YI, proper noun. A member of the Tibeto-Burman Yi language family, spoken primarily in Sichuan China

Dictionary definition

SICHUAN, noun. A populous province of south central China.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats