"Tartary" meaning in English

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Proper name

Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)təɹi Etymology: From Old French Tartaire, from Medieval Latin Tartarus (“Tartar, Mongol”), from Old Turkic 𐱃𐱃𐰺, spelling influenced by Latin Tartarus (“Hell (in Greek mythology)”), from Ancient Greek Τάρταρος (Tártaros). Etymology templates: {{der|en|fro|Tartaire}} Old French Tartaire, {{der|en|ML.|-}} Medieval Latin, {{der|en|otk|-}} Old Turkic, {{der|en|la|Tartarus||Hell (in Greek mythology)}} Latin Tartarus (“Hell (in Greek mythology)”), {{der|en|grc|Τάρταρος}} Ancient Greek Τάρταρος (Tártaros) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Tartary
  1. (archaic) The Eurasian Steppe. Tags: archaic Categories (place): Asia Translations (historical term for the Eurasian steppes and Central Asia): Tatárország (Hungarian), Tatárföld (Hungarian), Тарта́рия (Tartárija) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-Tartary-en-name-Q-kHSKQ7 Disambiguation of Asia: 92 8 Disambiguation of 'historical term for the Eurasian steppes and Central Asia': 91 9
  2. Obsolete form of Tartarus. Tags: alt-of, obsolete Alternative form of: Tartarus
    Sense id: en-Tartary-en-name-SJlXyoW4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 71 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 11 89 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 25 75 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 13 87 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 44 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 6 94
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Tatary [archaic] Derived forms: Chinese Tartary, Crim Tartary, Krim Tartary, Kuban Tartary, lamb of Tartary, Little Tartary Related terms: Tartar, Tatar
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