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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_98479" /> ==
== 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>
<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 Central Asia. </p>
<p> The name given to China by mediæval writers, which it still bears in Central Asia. </p>
          
          
==References ==
==References ==

Latest revision as of 01:42, 13 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.

References