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K'itan

K'itan is the alternative form of Khitan.

Meaning of Khitan

Proper noun

Khitan

  1. (historical) The Khitan Empire; the state or land of the Khitan people.
    Synonyms:
    Liao
  2. (historical) The extinct Para-Mongolic language spoken by the Khitan people.
    Synonyms:
    Khitanian, Khitanic

See all 4 meanings of Khitan

Forms of K'itan

pluralK'itans
pluralK'itan

Questions about K'itan

What is K'itan the alternative form of?
K'itan is the alternative form of Khitan.

Words near K'itan in the dictionary

  1. k'atuns
  2. K'gari
  3. K'iche'
  4. k'in
  5. k'ins
  6. K'itan
  7. K'itans
  8. k'nick-k'neck
  9. K'nyaw
  10. K'o-shih
  11. K'o-tzu-le-su

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Adapted from Wiktionary: K'itan (page history and authors); Khitan (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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