n. China; -- an old name for the Celestial Empire, said have been introduced by Marco Polo and to be a corruption of the Tartar name for North China (Khitai, the country of the Khitans.) [ 1913 Webster ]

Better fifty years of Europe than a cycle of Cathay. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

WordNet (3.0)

cathaya	(n) Chinese evergreen conifer discovered in 1955; not yet cultivated elsewhere
genus cathaya	(n) one species; related to Pseudotsuga and Larix
china	(n) a communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia; the most populous country in the world, Syn. People's Republic of China, mainland China, Red China, Cathay, PRC, Communist China

CC-CEDICT CN-EN Dictionary

华夏	[Huá xià, ㄏㄨㄚˊ ㄒㄧㄚˋ, 华夏 / 華夏] old name for China; Cathay #7,834 [Add to Longdo]
国泰	[Guó tài, ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄊㄞˋ, 国泰 / 國泰] Cathay Pacific (Hong Kong airline) #36,025 [Add to Longdo]
国泰航空	[Guó tài háng kōng, ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄊㄞˋ ㄏㄤˊ ㄎㄨㄥ, 国泰航空 / 國泰航空] Cathay Pacific, a Hong Kong based airline [Add to Longdo]

EDICT JP-EN Dictionary

キャセイ	[kyasei] (n) Cathay (Airline); (P) [Add to Longdo]

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