Hıtay — meaning in English
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English meaning
- cathay name China, specifically medieval northern China as reached by the overland Silk Road to Xi'an or Beijing, not known at the time to be related to southern China as reached by the maritime routes to Guangzhou.
Senses
Hıtay is used for these senses in English:
- Cathay (archaic) China, specifically medieval northern China as reached by the overland Silk Road to Xi'an or Beijing, not known at the time to be related to southern China as reached by the maritime routes to Guangzhou.
- Khitan A member of the Mongolic people who ruled Manchuria, then northern China as the Liao, then Central Asia as the Qara Khitais, from the 9th to 13th century C.E.
- Khitan The Khitan Empire; the state or land of the Khitan people.
cathay — full definition
- name China, specifically medieval northern China as reached by the overland Silk Road to Xi'an or Beijing, not known at the time to be related to southern China as reached by the maritime routes to Guangzhou.
- name A settlement in North Dakota.
- name Ellipsis of Cathay Pacific.