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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

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

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

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

From The Spanish Pioneers by Charles F. Lummis

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