Etymology

Hania

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Ottoman Turkish خانیه ← Greek Χανιά
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The story

  1. Greek · borrowed fromΧανιά
  2. Ottoman Turkish · borrowed fromخانیه
  3. English todayHania

From Ottoman Turkish خانیه (Hanya) and irregular romanization of Greek Χανιά (Chaniá), q.v.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.