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Etymology · Khitan

𘱿𘲫

2 English words descend from Khitan 𘱿𘲫, most common first.

CathayChina, specifically medieval northern China as reached by the overland Silk Road to Xi'an or Beijing, not known at the time to be related to southern China as reached by the maritime routes to Guangzhou.
KhitanA member of the Mongolic people who ruled Manchuria, then northern China as the Liao, then Central Asia as the Qara Khitais, from the 9th to 13th century C.E.