a province of SW China: the most populous administrative division in the country, esp in the central Red Basin, where it is crossed by three main tributaries of the Yangtze. Capital: Chengdu. Pop: 81 000 000 (2003 est). Area: about 569 800 sq km (220 000 sq miles)
Sichuan in American English
(ˈsiˈtʃwɑn)
province of SC China: 219,692 sq mi (569,000 sq km); pop. 106,370,000; cap. Chengdu