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Cathay

Name by which China was commonly known in Europe during the Middle Ages. The name was introduced by the Venetian traveller Marco Polo and derived from the Persian Khitai or Khitan, the earliest Mongolian tribe known to have conquered northern China.

The Russians still call China ‘Kitai’.
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Yet, thought I, I would rather smuggle one of those little print gowns into my berth than all the silks a sea-faring friend of mine takes the trouble to smuggle from far Cathay.
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And beyond him again there is tribute to be levied from the Cham of Tartary and from the kingdom of Cathay.
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