'Cathay' definitions:

Definition of 'Cathay'

(from WordNet)
noun
A communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia; the most populous country in the world [syn: China, People's Republic of China, mainland China, Communist China, Red China, PRC, Cathay]

Definition of 'Cathay'

From: GCIDE
  • Cathay \Ca*thay"\, 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]

Cathay, ND -- U.S. city in North Dakota

From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Cathay, ND -- U.S. city in North Dakota
Population (2000) :
56
Housing Units (2000) :
37
Land area (2000) :
0.183090 sq. miles (0.474200 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.003658 sq. miles (0.009474 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
0.186748 sq. miles (0.483674 sq. km)
FIPS code :
12820
Located within :
North Dakota (ND), FIPS 38
Location :
47.553931 N, 99.411403 W
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.

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