Meanings
proper noun
- historicalobsoleteSynonym of Cathay, as the land of the Khitans.
The men of Kytay are Pagans, hauing a speciall kinde of writing by themselues, and (as it is reported) the Scriptures of the olde and newe Testament.
1598, Richard Hakluyt translating John de Plano Carpini as The Voyage of Johannes de Plano Carpini vnto the Northeast parts of the world, in the yeere of our Lord, 1246, Ch. 9, page 116Synonyms: Cathay, as the land of the Khitans
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounSynonym of Cathay, as the land of the Khitans.
Similar
Cathayas the land of the Khitans
Origin
Variant of earlier Kitai (“the Khitan people, their language”), which see.
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APA
Kytay. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kytay
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“Kytay.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kytay. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Kytay,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kytay.
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