About The Word Cathay
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Cathay
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What's The Definition Of Cathay?
[n] an archaic or literary name for China
Synonyms | Synonyms for Cathay: Related Terms | Find terms related to Cathay: See Also | China | Communist China | mainland China | People's Republic of China | PRC | Red China Cathay In Webster's Dictionary \Ca*thay"\, n.
China; -- an old name for the Celestial Empire, said have
been introduced by Marco Polo and to be a corruption of the
Tartar name for North China (Khitai, the country of the
Khitans.)
Better fifty years of Europe than a cycle of Cathay.
--Tennyson.
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