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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 | <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 | <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.
