Candia

Etymology 1
From or, from  or , from , name of the Cretan city of  under the.

Proper noun

 * 1)  The Mediterranean island of Crete.
 * 2)  The Cretan city of.
 * 1)  The Cretan city of.

Etymology 2
From from, literally “the five counties/countries on the mountain.”

Proper noun

 * 1)  The  on the island now known as Sri Lanka.
 * 2)  The city of, the capital of that kingdom.
 * 3) * 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.