Chania
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Etymology edit
From Latin Chania, from Byzantine Greek Χανιά (Khaniá), from Arabic الخان (al-ḵān) + -ιά (-iá, “-ia: forming place names”), literally from ال (al-, “the, place of the”) + خان (ḵān, “caravanserai, inn”) but possibly transliterating a neighborhood whose named derived from its former importance in the worship of the Minoan god Velchanos, whose Minoan name was transcribed into Ancient Greek as Ϝελχάνος (Welkhános).
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Chania
- A city on the island of Crete, Greece.
- A regional unit of the island of Crete, Greece, around the city.
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city
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References edit
- Nikolaos Platon (1947), Κρητικά Χρονικά Α [Kretika Chronika 1].