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Cathay is the Anglicized version of "Catai" and an alternative name for China in English. It originates from the word Khitan, the name of a nomadic people who founded the Liao Dynasty which ruled much of Northern China from 907 to 1125, and who had a state of their own centered around today's...

is a multinational entity occupying a large portion of land in East Asia. It may also refer to:

Places:
  • Cathay, California, former name of Catheys Valley, California
    Catheys Valley, California
    Catheys Valley is a census-designated place in Mariposa County, California. It lies in Catheys Valley 22 miles northeast of Merced, and southwest of Mariposa, at an elevation of 1325 feet . As of the 2010 census, Catheys Valley had a population of 825...

  • Cathay, North Dakota
    Cathay, North Dakota
    As of the census of 2000, there were 56 people, 21 households, and 14 families residing in the city. The population density was 305.9 people per square mile . There were 37 housing units at an average density of 202.1 per square mile . The racial makeup of the city was 98.21% White, and 1.79% from...

    , United States
  • Cathays
    Cathays
    Cathays is a district in the north of Cardiff, capital of Wales. It is an old suburb of Cardiff established in 1875. It is very densely populated and contains many older terraced houses giving it a Victorian era atmosphere...

    , a district of Cardiff, the capital of Wales


In fiction:
  • Cathay, a book of poems by Ezra Pound
    Ezra Pound
    Ezra Weston Loomis Pound was an American expatriate poet and critic and a major figure in the early modernist movement in poetry...

  • Cathay (Warhammer)
    Cathay (Warhammer)
    Cathay is a fictional nation in Games Workshop's Warhammer Fantasy universe. Cathay is the Warhammer equivalent of China, based upon Chinese History with an added mixture of High Fantasy and Chinese folklore. Cathay was actually the name given to northern China in the 14th century by Marco Polo...

    , a fictional nation in Games Workshop's Warhammer Fantasy universe


Other:
  • Cathay Bank
    Cathay Bank
    Cathay Bank is a Chinese American bank based in Los Angeles, California. Founded in 1962, it has since expanded its network throughout California and into Massachusetts, New York, Texas, Washington, Illinois, and New Jersey...

    , a Chinese-American bank
  • Cathay de Grande
    Cathay de Grande
    The Cathay de Grande was a nightclub on the corner of Argyle Street and Selma Avenue in central Hollywood, which featured mostly punk rock bands but also other styles of underground/alternative rock in the 1980s. It was almost as well known for rockabilly, cowpunk, the Paisley Underground bands,...

    , a nightclub
  • Cathay Organisation
    Cathay Organisation
    Cathay Organisation Holdings Limited is one of Singapore's leading leisure and entertainment groups. It has the first THX cinema hall and digital cinema in Singapore. The group has operations in Singapore and Malaysia.-The early years:...

    , one of Singapore's leading leisure and entertainment groups
  • Cathay Pacific
    Cathay Pacific
    Cathay Pacific is the flag carrier of Hong Kong, with its head office and main hub located at Hong Kong International Airport, although the airline's registered office is on the 33rd floor of One Pacific Place...

    , the largest airline and flag carrier of Hong Kong
  • The Cathay
    The Cathay
    The Cathay is a mixed-use 17-storey cinema, shopping mall and apartment building located at Handy Road and Mount Sophia in the Museum Planning Area of Singapore. Owned and managed by Cathay Organisation, the building originally opened in 1939 as Cathay Building. In 2000, it closed for redevelopment...

    , a mixed-use 17-storey cinema, shopping mall and apartment building
  • SS Cathay
    SS Empire Archer
    Empire Archer was a 7,031 ton cargo ship which was built in 1942. She was renamed Baron Murray in 1946. In 1959 she was renamed Cathay, serving until 1963 when she was scrapped.-Wartime:...

    , a cargo ship in service with Cathay Shipping Corporation, Panama from 1959-63
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