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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_98479" /> == | |||
<p> (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.) </p> | |||
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_70709" /> == | == The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_70709" /> == | ||
<p> The name given to [[China]] by mediæval writers, which it still bears in | <p> The name given to [[China]] by mediæval writers, which it still bears in Central Asia. </p> | ||
==References == | ==References == | ||
<references> | <references> | ||
<ref name="term_98479"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/webster-s-dictionary/cathay Cathay from Webster's Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_70709"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/cathay Cathay from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | <ref name="term_70709"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/cathay Cathay from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | ||
</references> | </references> | ||
Revision as of 09:51, 12 October 2021
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(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.)
The Nuttall Encyclopedia [2]
The name given to China by mediæval writers, which it still bears in Central Asia.
