Cathay

[ ka-they ]

/ kæˈθeɪ /

China.

Origin of Cathay

< Medieval Latin Cat(h)aya < Turkic; compare Tatar Kïtai

One airline that has already banned shipments on its passenger flights is Cathay Pacific.

Passenger Flights Must Stop Carrying Lithium-Ion Batteries as Cargo |Clive Irving |May 5, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
This is the story of the Jesuit who more than 500 years ago made himself part of Cathay.

James Fallows: 5 Favorite ‘Outsiders In China’ Books |James Fallows |May 11, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
Once more they dropped anchor in Saldanha Bay, a place at which most vessels sailing to Cathay were wont to touch.

Antony Waymouth |W.H.G. Kingston
Cathay is a country where it is necessary to be very careful.

A Bicycle of Cathay |Frank R. Stockton

And on her childish head, clasping the ruddy bobbed hair, glittered the jade-incrusted diadem of a fairy princess of Cathay.

The Moonlit Way |Robert W. Chambers
With the threat of help from Earth for Cathay, he had been forced to delay while larger fleets were built.

Victory |Lester del Rey
But the emperor of Cathay was called not cham, but chan; and I shall tell you how.

Early Travels in Palestine |Arculf et al.

Cathay

/ (kæˈθeɪ) /

a literary or archaic name for China

C14: from Medieval Latin Cataya, of Turkic origin