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Meanings of cathay in English

Portuguese
cataio
Catalan
xina
Spanish
catay

Alternative name for China in some languages.

        Related terms
        cataio
        Portuguese
        china
        Catalan
        xina
        Spanish
        china continental

        A communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia; the most populous country in the world.

            china
            Usage of cathay in English
            1
            Of the Law and the Customs of the Tartarians dwelling in Cathay.
            The Travels of Sir John Mandeville
            2
            Cathay, accounts of Marco Polo in respect to; of Sir John Mandeville.
            The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus (Volume II)
            3
            The journalist was a guest of South African Tourism and Cathay Pacific.
            News.com.au
            4
            About Cathay General Bancorp Cathay General Bancorp is a bank holding company.
            Reuters
            5
            The writer was a guest of South African Tourism and Cathay Pacific.
            News.com.au
            6
            The major western glorydoms include Mokad, Koram, Nilliam, Kish, Urz and Cathay.
            Servant of a dark god
            7
            Mercedes of Castile; or, The Voyage to Cathay, by J. Fenimore Cooper.
            The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 42, April, 1861 / A Magazin...
            8
            At last the game was won, the passage to Cathay was discovered.
            History of the United Netherlands, 1598-99
            9
            Cathay Pacific 0293.HK will operate the service from Wellcamp and Hong Kong.
            Reuters
            10
            Cathay Pacific Airways is finally seeing some respite from its earnings woes.
            The Irish Times
            11
            Cathay's home airport, in Hong Kong, is the world's biggest cargo hub.
            Reuters
            12
            What Europe wanted was a direct westward passage through America to Cathay.
            A Brief History of the United States
            13
            Cathay is broadcasting an appeal for us to surrender without reprisals, magnificence.
            Victory
            14
            A country was there, they said, called Cathay, bordering on the sea.
            Ten Great Events in History
            15
            The Project Gutenberg eBook, A Bicycle of Cathay, by Frank R. Stockton
            A Bicycle of Cathay
            16
            Did he tell you you were to convert the men of Cathay?
            Messer Marco Polo