TARTARY

 Dictionary entry overview: What does Tartary mean? 

• TARTARY (noun)
  The noun TARTARY has 1 sense:

1. the vast geographical region of Europe and Asia that was controlled by the Mongols in the 13th and 14th centuries

  Familiarity information: TARTARY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TARTARY (noun)

Meaning:

The vast geographical region of Europe and Asia that was controlled by the Mongols in the 13th and 14th centuries

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Tartary; Tatary

Context example:

under Genghis Khan Tartary extended as far east as the Pacific Ocean

Instance hypernyms:

geographic area; geographic region; geographical area; geographical region (a demarcated area of the Earth)

Holonyms ("Tartary" is a part of...):

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)