Cathay

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. özel isim China, specifically medieval northern China as reached by the overland Silk Road to Xi'an or Beijing, not known at the time to be related to southern China as reached by the maritime routes to Guangzhou.

   “For Marco Polo in the 13th century as for Ezra Pound in the 20th, China was "Cathay," a land of mythic wonders. For the American-born director and writer Ping Chong, to visit China and make theater in the West meant exploring myth and history, joining Asian and Western traditions.”

2. özel isim A settlement in North Dakota.
3. özel isim Ellipsis of Cathay Pacific.