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Khitan or Khitai may refer to:

• Khitan (circumcision), the Islamic circumcision rite
• Khitan people, an ancient nomadic people located in Mongolia and northern China
• Liao dynasty (916–1125), a dynasty of China ruled by the Khitan Yelü clan
  • Northern Liao (1122–1123), a regime in northern China
  • Qara Khitai (1124–1218), alternatively called the "Western Liao", successor to the Liao dynasty in northwestern China and Central Asia
  • Eastern Liao (1213–1269), a regime in northeastern China
  • Later Liao (1216–1219), a regime in northeastern China
• Khitan language, a now-extinct language once spoken by the Khitan people
• Khitan scripts (disambiguation), writing systems of the Khitan people, for the now-extinct Khitan language
  • Khitan large script, a logographic writing system
  • Khitan small script, a semi-syllabic and logographic writing system
• Cathay in many languages