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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Cathay \Ca*thay"\, n. China; -- an old name for the Celestial Empire, said have been introduced by Marco Polo and to be a corruption of the Tartar name for North China (Khitai, the country of the Khitans.) Better fifty years of Europe than a cycle of Cathay. --Tennyson. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: Cathay n : an archaic or literary name for China [syn: {Cathay}] From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: Cathay, ND (city, FIPS 12820) Location: 47.55393 N, 99.41101 W Population (1990): 54 (36 housing units) Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
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