cathay
USkæ'θeı
معنی فارسی
ختا (يعني کشورچين)
معنی کامل و مثالها
/ka thā´/
● (قدیمی) کشور چین
ریشه و کاربرد
ریشه
From Middle French 'Cathay', from Medieval Latin 'Cathay', from Mongolian 'Qatāi', from Persian 'Khitāy', from Chinese 'Qīdān' meaning 'Khitan' (an ancient nomadic people).
مثال
- Marco Polo referred to China as Cathay in his writings.
- Cathay was a mysterious and distant land to medieval Europeans.
- The term Cathay is no longer commonly used to refer to China.
تعریف انگلیسی
noun
- a communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia; the most populous country in the world