Candia

[ kan-dee-uh ]

/ ˈkæn di ə /

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noun

former name of Herakleion.

former name of Crete.

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Words nearby Candia

candent, candescent, C. & F., C & G, C&I, Candia, Candice, candid, candida, candidacy, candidate

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How to use Candia in a sentence

Candia said the brothers did not eat anything during the two weeks they were being held.
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What more is there to ask Candia McWilliam, someone whose memoir is already forthright to a fault?
Blindness as a Way of Seeing: Candia McWilliam’s Powerful Memoir|Lucy Scholes|April 6, 2012|DAILY BEAST
When Scottish author Candia McWilliam lost her sight at the age of 52, she could have sunk deeper into her seclusion.
Blindness as a Way of Seeing: Candia McWilliam’s Powerful Memoir|Lucy Scholes|April 6, 2012|DAILY BEAST
De Candia was posted with two small falconets and three arquebusiers on the roof of the fortress.
South American Fights and Fighters|Cyrus Townsend Brady

She afterwards married again, her second husband being her colleague Mario, Comte de Candia.
Memoirs of the Duchesse de Dino v.1/3, 1831-1835|Dorothy Duchesse de Dino
You know well that it would be in vain to summon the governor of Candia to a personal encounter.
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He came back with such gorgeous reports of gilded temples and great forts that Pizarro distrusted him, and sent Pedro de Candia.
The Spanish Pioneers|Charles F. Lummis
Pedro de Candia, with the artillery,—two poor little falconets,—was stationed on the top of a strong building.
The Spanish Pioneers|Charles F. Lummis

British Dictionary definitions for Candia

Candia

/ (ˈkandja) /

noun

the Italian name for Iráklion

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