Tatary

[ tah-tuh-ree ]

/ ˈtɑ tə ri /

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noun

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Words nearby Tatary

tatami, Tatar, Tatar Republic, Tatarstan, Tatar Strait, Tatary, Tate, Tate Galleries, tater, Tathagata, Tathata

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How to use Tatary in a sentence

He was planning new missionary posts in Georgia and Tatary when death called him to his reward.
The Jesuits, 1534-1921|Thomas J. Campbell
A formidable insurrection, excited partly by religious enthusiasm, broke out in the western parts of Chinese Tatary in 1826.
Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 433|Various
Among these were the brothers Polo, who traded with the East and themselves visited Tatary.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6|Various
"Impossible to go either to Turkey or Tatary," replied the Koschevoi, putting his pipe coolly into his mouth again.
Taras Bulba and Other Tales|Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol

Look up to where the church towers are crowned by the onion domes of Tatary against a European sky.
Capitals of the Northlands|Ian C. Hannah

British Dictionary definitions for Tatary

Tatary

Tartary

/ (ˈtɑːtərɪ) /

noun

a historical region (with indefinite boundaries) in E Europe and Asia, inhabited by Bulgars until overrun by the Tatars in the mid-13th century: extended as far east as the Pacific under Genghis Khan

Gulf of Tatary another name for the Tatar Strait

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