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Kytay

Kytay proper noun: synonym of Cathay, as the land of the Khitans.

Proper noun

Kytay

  1. (historical, obsolete) Synonym of Cathay, as the land of the Khitans.
    • The men of Kytay are Pagans, hauing a speciall kinde of writing by themselues, and (as it is reported) the Scriptures of the olde and newe Testament.1598, Richard Hakluyt translating John de Plano Carpini as The Voyage of Johannes de Plano Carpini vnto the Northeast parts of the world, in the yeere of our Lord, 1246, Ch. 9, page 116
    Synonyms:
    Cathay, as the land of the Khitans

Synonyms of Kytay

  • Cathay
  • as the land of the Khitans

Origin of Kytay

Variant of earlier Kitai (“the Khitan people, their language”), which see.

Questions about Kytay

What does Kytay mean?
Kytay means synonym of Cathay, as the land of the Khitans.
What part of speech is Kytay?
Kytay is a proper noun.

Words near Kytay in the dictionary

  1. Kyson
  2. kysse
  3. kysses
  4. KYSU
  5. Kytaihorod
  6. Kytay
  7. kyte
  8. kytes
  9. kyth
  10. kythe
  11. kythed

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