(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.)
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双语例句
Pekin Polo calls Cambulac; Northern China, Cathay (= Khitan); and Southern China of the former Sung dynasty, Manzi. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯.世界史纲.