Cathay的词源
英文词源
- Cathay (n.)
- 1560s, poetic name for "China," from Medieval Latin Cataya, from Turkish Khitai, from Uighur Khitai, name of a Tatar dynasty that ruled Beijing 936-1122.
中文词源
来自契丹的英文名,在英语文化里指古中国,通常含有浪漫色彩,国泰航空的英文商标。
该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版:Cathay 词源,Cathay 含义。