Tartary.
A blanket term for the Eurasian Steppe, Central Asia, and Siberia.
Meaning & usage
A blanket term for the Eurasian Steppe, Central Asia, and Siberia.
Chinese Tartary; regions outside of China proper inhabited by non-Han Chinese populations.
Where this word comes from
From Old French Tartarie, from Medieval Latin Tartaria (“land of the Tartars”), from Old Turkic 𐱃𐱃𐰺 (t¹t¹r¹) , spelling influenced by Latin Tartarus (“Hell (in Greek mythology)”), from Ancient Greek Τάρταρος (Tártaros).
Obsolete form of Tartarus.
Where this word comes from
From Old French Tartaire, from Latin Tartarus, from Ancient Greek Τάρταρος (Tártaros).
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