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Candian

adj · noun · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ˈkændɪən/

1

adj

Meaning 1

Of or relating to Crete or its inhabitants.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: historical, not-comparable

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adj

Meaning 2

Of or relating to the Cretan city of Heraklion or its inhabitants.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: historical, not-comparable

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adj

Meaning 3

Of or relating to the Kingdom of Kandy on the island now known as Sri Lanka.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: historical, not-comparable

Examples

  • 1810, Arthur Johnston, Narrative of the Operations of a Detachment in an expedition to Candy, in the Island of Ceylon, in the Year 1804, London: C. & R. Baldwin, p. 126, The difficulty of procuring good guides is very great. There are, it is true, always men ready to undertake for hire the task of conducting our troops through the Candian country.

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4

noun

Meaning 4

An inhabitant of Crete.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: historical

Examples

  • 1581, John Alday (translator), Theatrum Mundi, The Theatre or rule of the world by Pierre Boaistuau, London: John Wyght, “To the Reader,” Let them consider howe Epiminedes the Greeke spake unto the Candians, calling them cruell and abhominable beastes, braynelesse lyars.

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5

noun

Meaning 5

An inhabitant of the Cretan city of Heraklion.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: historical

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noun

Meaning 6

An inhabitant of the Kingdom of Kandy on the island now known as Sri Lanka.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: historical

Examples

  • 1700, S. L. (translator), A Relation of Two Several Voyages Made into the East-Indies by Christopher Fryke and Christopher Schewitzer, London: D. Brown et al., “Mr. Schewitzer’s Voyage,” Chapter 7, p. 321, We retired towards Sittawack, and passed by a steep Rock; whence it is reported, That the late King of Sittawack’s Wife and Daughter flung themselves down headlong, having received the News that he had lost the Battle against the King of Candi. The Candians all the while came after us, but were not able to do us any great harm, because the ways were so narrow that they could not come up to us.

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History

Etymology

From Candy + -an or Candia + -an.

From Candy + -an.