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Candia¹

  • /ˈkæn.di.ə/

Rhymes with -ændiə

Where it comes from

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.

proper noun Candie · Candy

  1. historical The Mediterranean island of Crete. 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. 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.

Candia²

  • /ˈkæn.di.ə/

Rhymes with -ændiə

Where it comes from

From Portuguese Candea, from Tamil கண்டி (kaṇṭi), possibly further from Sinhalese, ultimately from Sanskrit खण्ड (khaṇḍa).

proper noun Candi · Candy · Kandy

  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, 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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@misc{candia_2026,
  title = {Candia},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/candia},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}