Chania

The story

1. Arabic · derived fromالخان
2. Medieval Greek · derived fromΧανιά
3. Latin · borrowed fromChania
4. English todayChania

From Latin Chania, from Medieval Greek Χανιά (Khaniá), from Arabic الخان (al-ḵān) + -ιά (-iá, “-ia: forming place names”), literally from ال (al-, “the, place of the”) + خان (ḵān, “caravanserai, inn”) but possibly transliterating a neighborhood whose named derived from its former importance in the worship of the Minoan god Velchanos, whose Minoan name was transcribed into Ancient Greek as Ϝελχάνος (Welkhános).

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