Candia

[ kan-dee-uh ]

noun

1. former name of Herakleion.
2. former name of Crete.

Candia

/ ˈkandja /

noun

1. See Iráklion
   the Italian name for Iráklion

Example Sentences

What more is there to ask Candia McWilliam, someone whose memoir is already forthright to a fault?

From The Daily Beast

When Scottish author Candia McWilliam lost her sight at the age of 52, she could have sunk deeper into her seclusion.

From The Daily Beast

De Candia was posted with two small falconets and three arquebusiers on the roof of the fortress.

From Project Gutenberg

She afterwards married again, her second husband being her colleague Mario, Comte de Candia.

From Project Gutenberg

You know well that it would be in vain to summon the governor of Candia to a personal encounter.

From Project Gutenberg

He came back with such gorgeous reports of gilded temples and great forts that Pizarro distrusted him, and sent Pedro de Candia.

From Project Gutenberg

Pedro de Candia, with the artillery,—two poor little falconets,—was stationed on the top of a strong building.

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