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Candia
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- 1 The Mediterranean island of Crete. historical
"Mr. Beauchamp, a young man of learning and fine parts, happened to make an acquaintance with Mr. Grandison in the island of Candia, where they met as countrymen, which, from a sympathy of minds, grew immediately into an intimacy that will hardly ever end."
- 2 The Kingdom of Kandy on the island now known as Sri Lanka. historical
- 3 The Cretan city of Heraklion. historical
"The Fortifications of the Town and Port of Dunkirk I send thee as a thing by it self, because I am inform’d the Grand Seignior has commanded thee to make a Port and Harbour at Candia, which he designs to make the strongest City, and the safest Harbour in the World."
- 4 The city of Kandy, the capital of that kingdom. historical
"1800, William Johnston, A Voyage to the East Indies by Paulinus of St. Bartholomew, London: J. Davis, Book 2, Chapter 12, p. 428, Not far from the city of Candia, where the king of Ceylon generally resides, is a river which flows down from one of the mountains."
- 5 A town in Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States.
Etymology
From Venetan or Latin, from Ancient Greek Χάνδαξ (Khándax) or Χάνδακας (Khándakas), from Arabic رَبْض الخَنْدَق (rabḍ al-ḵandaq) (in particular Arabic خَنْدَق (ḵandaq), borrowed from Middle Persian *handag (whence Classical Persian هندک (handak, “moat”))), name of the Cretan city of Heraklion under the Emirate of Crete.
From Portuguese Candea, from Tamil கண்டி (kaṇṭi), possibly further from Sinhalese, ultimately from Sanskrit खण्ड (khaṇḍa).
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