Cathay,

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Cathay
       n : an archaic or literary name for China

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Cathay, ND (city, FIPS 12820)
    Location: 47.55393 N, 99.41101 W
    Population (1990): 54 (36 housing units)
    Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  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
     ZIP Codes (1990):    
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Cathay, ND
      Cathay