Cathay : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Cathay	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for Cathay
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Cathay n a communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia; the most populous country in the world Synonym(s): China, People's Republic of China, mainland China, Communist China, Red China, PRC, Cathay
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 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)