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Candia

American  
[kan-dee-uh] / ˈkæn di ə /

noun

  1. former name of Herakleion.

  2. former name of Crete.


Candia British  
/ ˈkandja /

noun

  1. the Italian name for Iráklion

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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"This type of theft is not victimless," De Candia said.

From BBC • Sep. 2, 2025

After a night of fireworks and celebrations outside the party’s main headquarters in downtown Asuncion, Beatriz Candia was out cleaning the city’s streets, on a more subdued Monday, given the May 1 Labor Day holiday.

From Reuters • May 1, 2023

She had three children with him, Richard, Anthony and Candia.

From New York Times • Mar. 28, 2023

The next day, Candia and thousands of others marched through the streets of Cusco, a nearby city known for its Inca ruins and narrow, colonial-era streets.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 1, 2023

This Greek, a native of the Isle of Candia, was a man of importance in the little Spanish force.

From The Spanish Pioneers by Lummis, Charles F.

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