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The name that was given to northern China by Marco Polo
Former name for China, especially northern China. The word is derived from Khitay, the name of a seminomadic people who dominated northern China in the 10th-12th century. By the time of Genghis Khan, the Mongols had begun referring to northern China as Kitai (still the Russian word for China). The name may have been introduced to Europe by returning Franciscan friars 1254, but it was Marco Polo's Travels 50 years later that put Cathay's image before the European public
{i} archaic name of Northern China
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
an archaic or literary name for China
cathay

    الواصلة

    Ca·thay

    التركية النطق

    käthey

    النطق

    /kaˈᴛʜā/ /kæˈθeɪ/

    علم أصول الكلمات

    () From Portuguese "Catai", from Khitan (契丹, Qìdān), the Chinese name of a Mongolian tribe who ruled Manchuria from 907-1115 CE. Cognate with Spanish Catay and Russian Китай.
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