Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kytay

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ky-tay
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Synonym of Cathay, as the land of the Khitans.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"The men of Kytay are Pagans, hauing a speciall kinde of writing by themselues, and (as it is reported) the Scriptures of the olde and newe Testament."

Etymology

Variant of earlier Kitai (“the Khitan people, their language”), which see.

Usage

Obsolete

Synonyms

Cathay as the land of the Khitans

Questions

What does kytay mean?: Synonym of Cathay, as the land of the Khitans.
Where does kytay come from?: Variant of earlier Kitai (“the Khitan people, their language”), which see.

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