Candy

Meaning

Proper Noun

• A pet form of the female given name Candace or Candice.
• The Mediterranean island of Crete.
• The Kingdom of Kandy on the island now known as Sri Lanka; (by extension) the British colony of Ceylon on that island.
• The city of Kandy, the capital of that kingdom.

Origin

• From Venetian and Latin Candia, 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.”