Cathay

Definition of Cathay

Ca`thay´
n.1.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.

Related Words

China, Communist China, mainland China, People's Republic of China, PRC, Red China
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