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Tartary
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Tar·ta·ry  (tärt-r) or Ta·ta·ry (tä-)
A vast region of eastern Europe and northern Asia controlled by the Mongols in the 13th and 14th centuries. It extended as far east as the Pacific Ocean under the rule of Genghis Khan.

Tartary [ˈtɑːtərɪ]
n
(Placename) a variant spelling of Tatary
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Noun1.Tartary - 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"
Asia - the largest continent with 60% of the earth's population; it is joined to Europe on the west to form Eurasia; it is the site of some of the world's earliest civilizations
Europe - the 2nd smallest continent (actually a vast peninsula of Eurasia); the British use `Europe' to refer to all of the continent except the British Isles
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Tartary [ˈtɑːtərɪ] NTartaria f
Tartary
nTatarei f


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Manoel de Saldanha, embaixador extraordinario del Rey de Portugal ao Emperador da China, e Tartaria (1667-1670), escrita pelo Padre Francisco Pimentel, e documentos contemporaneos.
 
 
 
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