Kaindu

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proper noun

A former province of China mentioned in The Travels of Marco Polo, believed to be Xichang.

Scrabble 11

Meanings

proper noun
  1. historicalA former province of China mentioned in The Travels of Marco Polo, believed to be Xichang.
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    Ka-indu Province, ON the Weſt of Tebeth lies the Province of Kaindu ᵈ, under its own Kings, till conquered by the Khân. It contains many Cities ; the Capital is of the ſame Name, and ſtands in the Entrance of the Province. Here is a great Salt-Lake, ſtored with Fiſh, and ſo affluent in Pearls, that they would be of no Value, if carried-away at Pleaſure.

    1747, A New General Collection of Voyages and Travels, volume IV, London: Thomas Astley, →OCLC, page 594, columns 1–2^(https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_new_and_complete_collection_of_voyages_and_travels_(microform)_-_containing_all_that_have_been_remarkable_from_the_earliest_period_to_the_present_time_..._-_comprehending_an_extensive_system_of_(IA_cihm_38558).pdf)
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