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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

“Whenever she spotted a woman wearing expensive jewelry,” her daughter, Candia Fisher, said, “she used to say, ‘That could be art on the walls.’”

From New York Times Mar. 28, 2023

In the corner, flowers and candles decorated an altar that they had made to Candia featuring a photo of him posing proudly in traditional dress, his red vest decorated with images of birds and flowers.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 1, 2023

Soon there arrived in Rhodes, from Candia, Captain Gabriel Martinengo and two other captains, all skilled in war, while the following day the young Sultan himself joined his fleet.

From The Strange Story Book by Lang, Mrs. Andrew

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