Kitan

Kitan

1. Alternative form of Khitan.
   • 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 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 (plural Kitans or Kitan)

1. Alternative form of Khitan.

• Ankit, Atkin, takin, takin'