Tartary
name
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Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 The Eurasian Steppe. archaic
- 2 Obsolete form of Tartarus. alt-of, obsolete
"An huge great Dragon horrible in ſight, Bred in the loathly lakes of Tartary"
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More examples"An huge great Dragon horrible in ſight, Bred in the loathly lakes of Tartary"
Etymology
From Old French Tartaire, from Medieval Latin Tartarus (“Tartar, Mongol”), from Old Turkic 𐱃𐱃𐰺 (t¹t¹r¹) , spelling influenced by Latin Tartarus (“Hell (in Greek mythology)”), from Ancient Greek Τάρταρος (Tártaros).
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