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.

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Passing through the large Turkish cemetery, which was covered with an early crop of blue anemones, we came upon the rich plain of Khania, lying broad and fair, like a superb garden, at the foot of the White Mountains, whose vast masses of shining snow filled up the entire southern heaven.

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From the spinal ridge of the promontory, which we crossed, we overlooked all the plain of Khania, and beyond the Dictynnæan peninsula, to the western extremity of Crete.

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Crushed though her rival the Khania Atene might be, also she was still jealous of her.

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"O Hes, a writing from the Khania Atene," the priest said with his deprecating bow.

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