Tatary
Americannoun
noun
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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
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another name for the Tatar Strait
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He carried his arms into Tatary, where he subdued the last semblance of Mongol power in that direction, and then bent his steps towards Liao-tung.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" by Various
Among these were the brothers Polo, who traded with the East and themselves visited Tatary.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" by Various
A formidable insurrection, excited partly by religious enthusiasm, broke out in the western parts of Chinese Tatary in 1826.
From Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 433 Volume 17, New Series, April 17, 1852 by Robert Chambers
"Impossible to go either to Turkey or Tatary," replied the Koschevoi, putting his pipe coolly into his mouth again.
From Taras Bulba and Other Tales by Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol
The corn, cattle, timber, resins, fish, and salt of Little Tatary furnished freights for a multitude of vessels.
From Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. by Xavier Hommaire de Hell
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