Candia

Meaning

Proper Noun

• The Mediterranean island of Crete.
• The Cretan city of Heraklion.
• town [[w:Rockingham County, New Hampshire (county) Rockingham County]] New Hampshire (state) USA (country).
• The Kingdom of Kandy on the island now known as Sri Lanka.
• The city of Kandy, the capital of that kingdom.

Origin

• From Venetian or Latin, from Ancient Greek Χάνδαξ or Χάνδακας, from Arabic رَبْض الخَنْدَق, name of the Cretan city of Heraklion under the Emirate of Crete.
• From Portuguese Candea from Sinhalese, literally “the five counties/countries on the mountain.”