Tartary

[ tahr-tuh-ree ]

noun

1. the historical name of a region of indefinite extent in E Europe and Asia: designates the area overrun by the Tartars in the Middle Ages, from the Dnieper River to the Pacific.

Tartary

/ ˈtɑːtərɪ /

noun

1. See Tatary
   a variant spelling of Tatary

Word History and Origins

Origin of Tartary¹

1350–1400; Middle English Tartarye < Middle French Tartarie < Medieval Latin Tartaria. See tartar, -y ³

Example Sentences

This animal, which is originally a native of Spain, has acquired a long tail in Tartary, and a thick bushy coat in Syria.

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But, torn as he was by the cactuses of Barbary and the thickets of Tartary, the seneschal had lost nothing of his haughty air.

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China abounds in them, and they are well known in Tartary, and in the Island of Madagascar.

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The sheep of Persia, Tartary, and China, are distinguished from all others by the tail forming a double globe of fat.

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Another species, the Tarpan, roams the Steppes of Tartary, and is with great difficulty tamed to the use of man.

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