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Cataian

Cataian is the obsolete form of Cathayan.

Meaning of Cathayan

Noun

Cathayan (plural Cathayans)

  1. (archaic) A native or inhabitant of Cathay.

See all 2 meanings of Cathayan

Forms of Cataian

pluralCataians

Questions about Cataian

What is Cataian the obsolete form of?
Cataian is the obsolete form of Cathayan.

Words near Cataian in the dictionary

  1. Catahoula hog dogs
  2. Catahoula leopard dog
  3. Catahoula leopard dogs
  4. Catahoula Parish
  5. catahymenium
  6. Cataian
  7. Cataians
  8. Cataingan
  9. Catala
  10. Catalabutte
  11. Catalan

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Cataian (page history and authors); Cathayan (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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