Cathay

Etymology
From, variant of , from , and ultimately from ; the Khitan people who conquered northern China as the Liao dynasty in the 10th century and ruled the central Asian Qara Khitai Khanate in the 12th, just prior to the overland European missions to China occasioned by the Pax Mongolica. Most likely cognate with 🇨🇬 from 🇨🇬.

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Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: Catai
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * French:
 * Italian: Catai
 * Japanese: キタイ
 * Korean: ^캐세이
 * Latin: Serica ; Cataya, Cathaya
 * Ottoman Turkish: ختا
 * Persian: ختای
 * Polish: Kataj
 * Portuguese: Catai, Cathay
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: Catay