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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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"The size of the haul is significant and indicates the depth of the alleged offending," John De Candia from South Australia Police 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

Her death was confirmed by her daughter, Candia Fisher.

From New York Times ● Mar. 28, 2023

As anti-government protests spread across the Peruvian highlands last month, Remo Candia Guevara, a 42-year-old community leader in this rural farming town, grew increasingly anguished.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 1, 2023

After his election to the chair of St. Peter, he created his eldest son Duke of Candia.

From Rule of the Monk or, Rome in the Nineteenth Century by Giuseppe Garibaldi

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