Cathay

English Etymology From en la Cathaya, variant of la Cataya, from en otk 𐰶𐰃𐱃𐰪 Qïtań, and ultimately from en zkt 𘱿𘲫; the Khitan people who conquered northern China as the Liao dynasty in the 10th century and ruled the central Asian Qara Khitai Khanate in the 12th, just prior to the overland European missions to China occasioned by the Pax Mongolica. Most likely cognate with mn хутга knife from xgn-pro *kïtuga. en Khitan. Cognate with ru Кита́й China."Cathay, n." in the Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford: Oxford University Press. See Names of China Names of China. Pronunciation en /kæˈθeɪ/ kǎthāʹen 1952 Cathay Leon E. Seltzer The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World https://archive.org/details/columbialippinco00selt/ Morningside Heights, NY Columbia University Press 802473294 350 https://archive.org/details/columbialippinco00selt/page/350/ 2 kə-thāʹen 1979 Ca·thay The International Geographic Encyclopedia and Atlas https://archive.org/details/internationalgeo00houg/ Boston Houghton Mifflin Company 0-395-27170-3 79-2721 5171913 140 https://archive.org/details/internationalgeo00houg/page/140/ 2 en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Cathay.wav Southern England en eɪ 2 Proper noun en archaic en historical region c/China 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. en 1685 1658 Pierre Duval Pierre Duval (geographer) Aia Ferrand Spence Geographia Univeralis: The Preent State Of the Whole World: Giving An Account of the everal Religions, Customs, and Riches of each People, The Strength and Government of each Polity and State, The Curious and mot Remarkable Things in every Region, With Other Particulars neceary to the understanding History and the Interets of Princes. Le Monde, ou Géographie universelle, contenant la description et les cartes et les blasons des principaux pays du monde https://archive.org/details/bim_early-english-books-1641-1700_geographia-universalis-_du-val-pierre_1685_0/ Le Monde, ou Géographie universelle, contenant la description et les cartes et les blasons des principaux pays du monde, page 249 fr H. Clark for F. Peare 1351268905 158–159 https://archive.org/details/bim_early-english-books-1641-1700_geographia-universalis-_du-val-pierre_1685_0/page/(158)/ fr:Toute la Chine et diviée en eize Provinces qui valent mieux chacune que de grands Royaumes. Il y en a dix vers le Midi ; çavoir Yunnan, Quani, Canton, Fuquiem, Chequiam, NanKin, Kiami, Huqüam, Sucüem & Quicheu. Les ix vers le Septentrion ont Xeni, Sciani, Honan, Xantung, PeKin & Leaotung, & c'et ce que pluieurs appellent Cathai , au lieu qu’ils donnent le nom de Mangi aux Provinces Meridionales. All China is divided into ixteen Provinces, each of which are worth more than large Kingdoms. Ten of 'em lye towards the South ; Yunnan, Quani, Canton, Fuquiem, Chequiam, Nanxin, Kiami, Huquam, Sucuem, and Quicheu. The ſix towards the North are Xenſi, Scianſi, Honan, Xantung, Pekin and Leaorung, which ſeveral have called Cathai, whereas they give the name of Mangi to the Southern Provinces. on en 1892 Elbridge S. Brooks Elbridge S. Brooks A BOY WITH AN IDEA. The True Story of Christopher Columbus, Called the Great Admiral https://archive.org/details/truestoryofchris00bro/ Juvenile Boston w:D. Lothrop Company 61680745 16–17 https://archive.org/details/truestoryofchris00bro/page/16/ Columbus listened to many of these sea-stories, and heard many wonderful things about a very rich land away to the East that folks called Cathay.If you look in your geographies you will not find any such place on the map as Cathay, but you will find China, and that was what men in the time of Columbus called Cathay. They told very big stories about this far-off Eastern land. They said its kings lived in golden houses, that they were covered with pearls and diamonds, and that everybody there was so rich that money was as plentiful as the stones in the street.This, of course, made the sailors and storekeepers, who were part pirate, very anxious to go to Cathay and get some of the gold and jewels and spices and splendor for themselves. But Cathay was miles and miles away from Italy and Spain and France and England. It was away across the deserts and mountains and seas and rivers, and they had to give it up because they could not sail there. en October 11, 1982 Our Columbus w:The New York Times https://web.archive.org/web/20170828094347/https://www.washingtonpost.com/web/20170828094347/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1982/10/11/our-columbus/87c6630e-df85-4bcd-8a0e-c8683d643e19/?utm_term=.9ee9be4c80f4 28 August 2017 https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1982/10/11/our-columbus/87c6630e-df85-4bcd-8a0e-c8683d643e19/ 0362-4331 1645522 https://archive.ph/5QOy5 For us that epic celebration somehow is confined to Thanksgiving Day when we celebrate the arrival of the Pilgrims who fled the tyranny of Charles I. But imagine, had the Genoese captain and his Spanish caravels not sailed eastward searching for Cipango and Cathay in 1492, then the Pilgrims might have been forced to turn to the known continents of Africa or Asia. en November 1, 2005 w:Margo Jefferson Puppets Help Evoke China's History of Love and War w:The New York Times https://web.archive.org/web/20150529165840/https://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/01/theater/reviews/puppets-help-evoke-chinas-history-of-love-and-war.html 29 May 2015 https://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/01/theater/reviews/puppets-help-evoke-chinas-history-of-love-and-war.html 0362-4331 1645522 THEATER For Marco Polo in the 13th century as for Ezra Pound in the 20th, China was "Cathay," a land of mythic wonders. For the American-born director and writer Ping Chong, to visit China and make theater in the West meant exploring myth and history, joining Asian and Western traditions. en settlement s/North Dakota. en w:Cathay Pacific. Derived terms en Cathayan Translations Medieval northern China China Serica Arabic: ar بِلَاد الْخَطَا p Asturian: ast Catái Bulgarian: bg Кита́й m Catalan: ca Catai m Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 契丹 Dutch: nl Cathay French: fr Cathay m Galician: gl Catai Hindi: hi ख़ता f Italian: it Catai m Japanese: ja キタイ Kitai Korean: ko ^캐세이 Latin: la Serica f classical; la Cataya f, la Cathaya f medieval Persian: fa خَطَا xatâ Polish: pl Kataj m-in Portuguese: pt Catai m, pt Cathay m Punjabi: pa ਖ਼ਤਾ f Russian: ru Кита́й m Spanish: es Catay m Tajik: tg Хато Turkish: tr Hıtay Ottoman Turkish: ota خطا Hatâ Urdu: ur خَطَا f Western Punjabi: pnb خَطَا f References en China Nicknames for countries Dutch Alternative forms nl Cathaye Etymology Probably from nl la Cathaya, variant of la Cataya, from nl otk 𐰶𐰃𐱃𐰪 Qïtań, and ultimately from nl zkt 𘱿𘲫; compare en Cathay. Proper noun f nl Former polities nl obsolete Cathay northern China Usage notes Appears to have seen some usage mainly in the early modern period. Beyond that, see nl China. Further reading nl Cathay (China) French Proper noun m en Cathay Derived terms fr cathayen Cathayen Cathayenne Portuguese Proper noun m pt Catai