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• Khania
  Khania

  noun

  Greek name of Canea.
• Khaniá
  Khaniá

  noun

  a transliteration of the Modern Greek name for Chania

Khania

American  

[khah-nyah] / xɑˈnyɑ /

noun

1. Greek name of Canea.

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Khaniá British  

/ xaˈnja /

noun

1. a transliteration of the Modern Greek name for Chania

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Example Sentences

Khania occupies the site of the ancient Cydonia, by which name the Greek bishopric is still called.

From Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 8 Italy and Greece, Part Two by Halsey, Francis W. (Francis Whiting)

They were the Khan and the Khania of Kaloon.

From Ayesha, the Return of She by Haggard, Henry Rider

Later in the morning the door opened again, and through it, unattended, came the Khania Atene, who shut and bolted it behind her.

From Ayesha, the Return of She by Haggard, Henry Rider

Have no fear, lord," answered the Guardian; "so long as the Khania does not threaten it you are safe.

From Ayesha, the Return of She by Haggard, Henry Rider

A queen she is, and a great one, for in our land Khania means queen, though how, friend Holly, a man who has lain senseless can have learned this, I do not know.

From Ayesha, the Return of She by Haggard, Henry Rider