See also: candia

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Etymology 1

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From Venetan or Latin, from Ancient Greek Χάνδαξ (Khándax) or Χάνδακας (Khándakas), from Arabic رَبْض الخَنْدَق (rabḍ al-ḵandaq), name of the Cretan city of Heraklion under the Emirate of Crete.

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Candia

  1. (historical) The Mediterranean island of Crete.
    • 1753, Samuel Richardson, The History of Sir Charles Grandison[1], Volume 2, Letter 36, p. 350:
      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. (historical) The Cretan city of Heraklion.
    • 1718, Daniel Defoe, A Continuation of Letters Written by a Turkish Spy at Paris[2], London: W. Taylor, Letter 10, p. 222:
      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.
  3. A town in Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States.
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Etymology 2

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From Portuguese Candea from Sinhalese, literally “the five counties/countries on the mountain.”

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Candia

  1. (historical) The Kingdom of Kandy on the island now known as Sri Lanka.
  2. (historical) The city of Kandy, the capital of that kingdom.
    • 1800, William Johnston, A Voyage to the East Indies by Paulinus of St. Bartholomew, London: J. Davis, Book 2, Chapter 12, p. 428,[3]
      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.

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