Tartary

[ tahr-tuh-ree ]

/ ˈtɑr tə ri /

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noun

the historical name of a region of indefinite extent in E Europe and Asia: designates the area overrun by the Tartars in the Middle Ages, from the Dnieper River to the Pacific.

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Also Tatary.

Origin of Tartary

1350–1400; Middle English Tartarye<Middle French Tartarie<Medieval Latin Tartaria.See tartar, -y³

Words nearby Tartary

tartarize, tartarous, tartar sauce, tartar steak, Tartarus, Tartary, tart cell, tartine, Tartini, tartlet, tartrate

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How to use Tartary in a sentence

This animal, which is originally a native of Spain, has acquired a long tail in Tartary, and a thick bushy coat in Syria.
Buffon's Natural History. Volume IX (of 10)|Georges Louis Leclerc de Buffon
But, torn as he was by the cactuses of Barbary and the thickets of Tartary, the seneschal had lost nothing of his haughty air.
Laboulaye's Fairy Book|Various
China abounds in them, and they are well known in Tartary, and in the Island of Madagascar.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Vol. 13, Issue 372, Saturday, May 30, 1829|Various
The sheep of Persia, Tartary, and China, are distinguished from all others by the tail forming a double globe of fat.
A Treatise on Sheep:|Ambrose Blacklock

Another species, the Tarpan, roams the Steppes of Tartary, and is with great difficulty tamed to the use of man.
The Desert World|Arthur Mangin

British Dictionary definitions for Tartary

Tartary

/ (ˈtɑːtərɪ) /

noun

a variant spelling of Tatary

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