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Kitan

Kitan 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 Kitan

pluralKitans
pluralKitan

Questions about Kitan

What is Kitan the alternative form of?
Kitan is the alternative form of Khitan.

Words near Kitan in the dictionary

  1. Kitalpha
  2. kitambilla
  3. kitambillas
  4. Kitamura
  5. Kitamuras
  6. Kitan
  7. Kitanemuk
  8. Kitans
  9. Kitaoka
  10. Kitaokas
  11. Kitaotao

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Kitan (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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