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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

He’ll follow that at a Christmas tree cutting in the town of Candia, rounding out his day with another “free speech and free drinks” event at a bar and grill in Manchester.

From Washington Times Nov. 21, 2023

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

The death of the four-and-twenty Spahis is an affair of even greater importance in Stambul just now than the capture of Candia.

From The Slaves of the Padishah by J?kai, M?r

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