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Cathay (other)
Cathay is an alternative historical name for China. It may also refer to: Places * Cathay, California, former name of Catheys Valley, California * Cathay, North Dakota, United States * Cathays, a district of Cardiff, the capital of Wales * , a historical landmark movie theatre in Shanghai Media * ''Cathay'' (poetry collection), 1915, a book of poems by Ezra Pound * ''Cathay'' (short story), 1982, a short story by Steven Millhauser * Cathay (Warhammer), a fictional nation in Games Workshop's ''Warhammer Fantasy'' universe Other * Cathay Bank, a Chinese-American bank * Cathay de Grande, a nightclub * Cathay Pacific, the largest airline and flag carrier of Hong Kong * Cathay United Bank, a Taiwanese financial services company * Cathay Life Insurance, a Taiwanese insurance company * Cathay Organisation, a Singapore-Hong Kong film company * The Cathay, a mixed-use 17-storey cinema, shopping mall and apartment building * SS Cathay, a number of ships * Cathay Williams, American s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cathay
Cathay ( ) is a historical name for China that was used in Europe. During the early modern period, the term ''Cathay'' initially evolved as a term referring to what is now Northern China, completely separate and distinct from ''China'', which was a reference to southern China. As knowledge of East Asia increased, Cathay came to be seen as the same polity as China as a whole. The term ''Cathay'' became a poetic name for China. The name ''Cathay'' originates from the term '' Khitan'' ( zh, c=契丹, p=Qìdān), a para-Mongolic nomadic people who ruled the Liao dynasty in northern China from 916 to 1125, and who later migrated west after they were overthrown by the Jin dynasty to form the Qara Khitai (Western Liao dynasty) for another century thereafter. Originally, this name was the name applied by Central and Western Asians and Europeans to northern China; the name was also used in Marco Polo's book on his travels in Yuan dynasty China (he referred to southern China as '' Mang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catheys Valley, California
Catheys Valley (formerly, Cathay and Cathey's Valley) is a census-designated place in Mariposa County, California, Mariposa County, California, United States. It lies in Catheys Valley northeast of Merced, California, Merced and southwest of Mariposa, California, Mariposa, at an elevation of . As of the 2020 census, Catheys Valley had a population of 829. Catheys Valley was named after Andrew Cathey, a native of North Carolina, who settled in the valley around 1850. History Cathey's Valley was named after Andrew D. Cathey, born in 1804 in Buncombe County, North Carolina, Buncombe, North Carolina. He married Mary Deaver in 1828. Andrew was an adventurous young man in his early life. He decided to leave North Carolina on an exploratory trip to California with the Rowland-Hammond-Wills families from Virginia, North Carolina, and Georgia. Their wagons loaded with household goods, they blazed a trail westward, settling in Benton, Arkansas. When the California Gold Rush began in 1849 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cathay, North Dakota
Cathay is a city in Wells County, North Dakota, United States. The population was 20 at the 2020 census. Cathay was founded in 1893. History Cathay got its start following construction of the railroad through the territory. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all land. Demographics 2010 census As of the census of 2010, there were 43 people, 19 households, and 12 families residing in the city. The population density was . There were 29 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 97.7% White and 2.3% Native American. There were 19 households, of which 21.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 47.4% were married couples living together, 5.3% had a female householder with no husband present, 10.5% had a male householder with no wife present, and 36.8% were non-families. 31.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 15.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cathays
Cathays ( ; standardised ; sometimes , 'the constant meadow') is a district and community in the centre of Cardiff, capital of Wales. It is an old suburb of Cardiff established in 1875. It is densely populated and contains many Victorian terraced houses. The area falls into the Cathays ward. It is the third most populous community in Cardiff, having a population of 18,002 in 2011. Etymology The area that is now Cathays was formerly known in Welsh as and in English as Little Heath (to distinguish it from Great Heath). The name Cathays first appeared in 1699 as ''Catt Hays'' and originally denoted a tract of common land north-east of Cardiff, now represented by Cathays Park. The second element is a derivative of Old English , meaning 'park or enclosure', while the first element has been variously traced to the Welsh word , meaning 'battle', and the Old English word , meaning 'wildcat'. History By the medieval period farmland outside the old Cardiff Castle, Cathays takes i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cathay (poetry Collection)
''Cathay'' (1915) is a collection of classical Chinese poetry translated into English by modernist poet Ezra Pound based on Ernest Fenollosa's notes that came into Pound's possession in 1913. At first Pound used the notes to translate Noh plays and then to translate Chinese poetry to English, despite a complete lack of knowledge of the Chinese language. The volume's 15 poems are seen less as strict translations and more as new pieces in their own right; and, in his bold translations of works from a language he was unfamiliar with, Pound set the stage for modernist translations. Background In 1909 Pound was living in London working as secretary to W. B. Yeats. Interested in Asian art and literature, the two poets often visited the Asian exhibits at the British Museum. Pound had previously become acquainted with Laurence Binyon, a curator of Asian art at the museum and author of ''Flight of the Dragons: An Essay on the Theory and Practice of Art in China and Japan''. Binyon and P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cathay (short Story)
"Cathay" is a work of short fiction by Steven Millhauser originally appearing in '' Grand Street'' (Summer 1982) and first collected in '' In the Penny Arcade'' (1986) published by ''Alfred A. Knopf''. Section synopses "Cathay" is presented in 21 titled sections, described as "vignettes" and resembling "prose haiku." A reliable narrator describes the realm from a first-person plural perspective. Singing Birds–Twelve automaton birds perform in the throne room of the Imperial Palace. The exquisite mechanisms are made of gold, silver and jade, and operate through a "minute crystalline pin," the design of which is closely guarded. Rather than bearing a plumage for which they would be easily mistaken for real birds, the artisans endow them with a gold exterior to remind visitors that they are witnessing the pinnacle of artifice. Clouds–The clouds of Cathay conform to artistry: they assume only a configuration designated by artists and administrators of the realm taking the shapes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cathay (Warhammer)
''Warhammer Fantasy'' (later renamed ''Warhammer: The Old World'') is a fictional fantasy universe created by Games Workshop and used in many of its games, including the table top wargame ''Warhammer'', the ''Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay'' (WFRP) pen-and-paper role-playing game, and a number of video games: the MMORPG '' Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning'', the strategy games '' Total War: Warhammer'', '' Total War: Warhammer II'' and '' Total War: Warhammer III'' and the two first-person shooter games in the Warhammer Vermintide series, '' Warhammer: End Times – Vermintide'' and '' Warhammer: Vermintide 2'', among many others. Warhammer is notable for its “dark and gritty” background world, which references a range of historical cultures such as the Holy Roman Empire, Mesoamerica, ancient Egypt, and medieval France, and is populated with a variety of races such as humans, high elves, dark elves, wood elves, dwarfs, undead, orcs, lizardmen, and other creatures familiar to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cathay Bank
Cathay Bank () is a Chinese American bank founded in 1962. Cathay is headquartered in Chinatown, Los Angeles, with a corporate center in nearby El Monte, California. It has branches in California, Massachusetts, New York, Texas, Washington, Illinois, New Jersey, Nevada, Maryland, and Hong Kong. It also has representative offices in Shanghai, Beijing and Taipei. History Fung Chow Chan (Mar 1, 1909–Jan 29, 2001), emigrated from Guangdong ) means "wide" or "vast", and has been associated with the region since the creation of Guang Prefecture in AD 226. The name "''Guang''" ultimately came from Guangxin ( zh, labels=no, first=t, t= , s=广信), an outpost established in Han dynasty ... to Los Angeles in 1933 to join his father's silk business and founded the Phoenix Bakery in Chinatown, Los Angeles, Chinatown with his wife Wai Hing in 1938; the success of the bakery's strawberry cream cake, developed by his brother Lun, allowed him to be one of the first Asian Americans t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cathay De Grande
The Cathay de Grande was a Chinese restaurant and later a Hollywood nightclub of the same name that featured mostly punk rock bands but also other styles of underground/alternative rock in the 1980s. History Under the ownership of Jack Chen, the Cathay de Grande restaurant and its underground basement nightclub opened in December 1973, serving Mandarin cuisine. By 1980, new owner Michael Brennan had taken over, serving Thai food and booking punk and New Wave bands such as the Raybeats, Angry Samoans, the Flesh Eaters, and the Gun Club. Notable acts Red Hot Chili Peppers performed their very first show under that band name at the Cathay after going by the name Tony Flow and the Miraculously Majestic Masters of Mayhem for their two previous performances at another Hollywood club. They would play the Cathay a few times during their first tour in 1983 and once in 1984. Other bands who frequently played the Cathay included The Minutemen, Bad Religion, Tex and the Horseheads, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cathay Pacific
Cathay Pacific Airways Limited, or simply Cathay Pacific, is the flag carrier of Hong Kong, with its head office and main airline hub, hub located at Hong Kong International Airport. The airline's operations and its subsidiaries have scheduled passenger and cargo services to more than 190 destinations and more than 60 countries worldwide including codeshare agreement, codeshares and joint ventures. Cathay Pacific operates a fleet consisting of Airbus A321neo, Airbus A330, Airbus A350, and Boeing 777 aircraft. Cathay Cargo operates two models of Boeing 747. Defunct wholly owned subsidiary airline Cathay Dragon, which ceased operations in 2020, operated to 44 destinations in the Asia-Pacific region from its Hong Kong base. In 2010, Cathay Pacific and Cathay Cargo (previously Cathay Pacific Cargo), together with Cathay Dragon, transported nearly 27 million passengers and more than 1.8 million tons of cargo and mail. Cathay Pacific was founded on 24 September 1946 by Australian S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cathay United Bank
Cathay United Bank () is one of the largest commercial banks in Taiwan, with a capital value of TW$67 billion (approximately US$2.23 billion) and more than 165 branches located throughout Taiwan. It is part of Cathay Financial Holdings. History Cathay United Bank was formerly the United World Chinese Commercial Bank (UWCCB; Chinese: 世華聯合商業銀行), which was founded in 1975. In December 1982, NT$14 million was stolen from UWCCB in the largest Taiwanese bank robbery at the time. In 2003, UWCCB merged with the Cathay Commercial Bank, a wholly owned subsidiary of Cathay Financial Holding Company; UWCCB was the surviving bank but the merged bank was renamed to Cathay United Bank. In September 2012 Cathay United Bank with the National Bank of Cambodia's approval, acquired a 70% stake in Singapore Banking Corporation (SBC). SBC was founded in 1993 and has 6 branches and 10 exchange offices in Cambodia. A year later in September 2013, Cathay United Bank reached an agreement ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cathay Life Insurance
Cathay Life Insurance () is a life insurance company in Taiwan founded in 1962. The firm offers life, health, and annuities. In 2017, Cathay ranked 411th on the Fortune Global 500. History The firm was founded in 1962 by Tsai Wan-lin Tsai Wan-lin ( zh, c=蔡萬霖, p=Caì Wànlín; 10 November 1924 – 27 September 2004) was a Taiwanese businessman who, at the peak of his wealth in 1996, was considered to be the fifth richest person in the world, with a family net worth o ... and family members. Cathay Life was the first Taiwanese life insurance company to enter the Chinese market, starting in Shanghai in 2005. The firm then entered Vietnam in 2008, forming Cathay Life Vietnam and selling through banks. See also * List of companies of Taiwan References 1962 establishments in Taiwan Companies based in Taipei Financial services companies established in 1962 Life insurance companies of Taiwan {{Insurance-company-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
