Candia

alternative Candie · alternative Candy

1. historicalThe Mediterranean island of Crete.

   Mr. Beauchamp, a young man of learning and fine parts, happened to make an acquaintance with Mr. Grandison in the island of Candia, where they met as countrymen, which, from a sympathy of minds, grew immediately into an intimacy that will hardly ever end.

   1753, Samuel Richardson, The History of Sir Charles Grandison, Volume 2, Letter 36, p. 350

2. historicalThe Cretan city of Heraklion.

   The Fortifications of the Town and Port of Dunkirk I send thee as a thing by it self, because I am inform’d the Grand Seignior has commanded thee to make a Port and Harbour at Candia, which he designs to make the strongest City, and the safest Harbour in the World.

   1718, Daniel Defoe, A Continuation of Letters Written by a Turkish Spy at Paris, London: W. Taylor, Letter 10, p. 222

3. A town in Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States.

alternative Candi · alternative Candy · alternative Kandy

1. historicalThe Kingdom of Kandy on the island now known as Sri Lanka.
2. historicalThe city of Kandy, the capital of that kingdom.

   1800, William Johnston, A Voyage to the East Indies by Paulinus of St. Bartholomew, London: J. Davis, Book 2, Chapter 12, p. 428, Not far from the city of Candia, where the king of Ceylon generally resides, is a river which flows down from one of the mountains.