Tartary
['tɑ:təri]
Definition
(noun.) the vast geographical region of Europe and Asia that was controlled by the Mongols in the 13th and 14th centuries; 'under Genghis Khan Tartary extended as far east as the Pacific Ocean'.
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Definition
(n.) Tartarus.
Typist: Portia
Examples
- There is a wild horse of Tartary; and here, most strange of all--is a land of ice and snow, without green fields, woods, or gardens. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Amidst the wilds of Tartary and Russia, although he still evaded me, I have ever followed in his track. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- Even the Muscovites now trade regularly with China, by a sort of caravans which go over land through Siberia and Tartary to Pekin. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
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