Kytay

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  1. 1
    Synonym of Cathay, as the land of the Khitans. historical, obsolete

    "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."

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as the land of the khitanscathay

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"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."

Etymology

Variant of earlier Kitai (“the Khitan people, their language”), which see.

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