Kitan
English
Etymology
A reconstruction of the original Khitan form of the name. See Khitan.
Proper noun
Kitan
- (historical ethnography) Alternative form of Khitan, in its various senses.
- 1990, Herbert Franke, "The Forest Peoples of Manchuria: Kitans and Jurchens" in The Cambridge History of Early Inner Asia, Vol. I, p. 400:
- ...the name of the Kitan people has had quite a history by itself. During the 13th century China, or rather Northern China, became known in the Near East and in Europe as Cathay or Catai, a name derived from the ethnic term Kitan.
- 1990, Herbert Franke, "The Forest Peoples of Manchuria: Kitans and Jurchens" in The Cambridge History of Early Inner Asia, Vol. I, p. 400:
Anagrams
- Ankit, Atkin, takin, takin'