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Ca⋅thay

  [ka-they]
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–noun Literary or Archaic.
China.
Origin:
< ML Cat(h)aya < Turkic; cf. Tatar Kïtai
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Ca·thay   (kā-thā')   
A medieval name for China popularized by Marco Polo in accounts of his travels. It usually applied only to the area north of the Chang Jiang (Yangtze River).
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

Cathay 
1565, poetic name for "China," from M.L. Cataya, from Turk. Khitay, from Uighur Khitai, name of a Tatar dynasty that ruled Beijing 936-1122.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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