Canea
Americannoun
noun
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Canea, a city of 33,000, was captured, other small ports were held, and Governor Aposkitis of Crete was a hostage.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Turks offered autonomy for Canea, but Venizelos refused, desiring union not of the town of Canea, but of all the island of Crete with Greece.
From Time Magazine Archive
They marched into the stony streets of Canea, ancient seaport and capital of Crete.
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At their head stepped former Minister of National Economy in the Athens Government, young Aristomenis Mitsotakis, nephew of Venizelos, and ex-Mayor Mountakis of Canea.
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While the four combined fleets of Europe are keeping Prince George at bay at Canea, fifteen hundred Greek soldiers under Colonel Vassos have been safely landed in Crete, at Platania about sixty miles from Canea.
From The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 18, March 11, 1897 A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls by Various
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