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Cathay

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Noun

1. cathay, china, communist china, mainland china, people's republic of china, prc, red china

a communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia; the most populous country in the world

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Cathay

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noun
a literary or archaic name for China

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Cathay

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Obsolete
China

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Cathay

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A medieval name for China popularized by Marco Polo in accounts of his travels. It usually applied only to the area north of the Yangtze River.

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