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Candians

Candians is the plural of Candian.

Meaning of Candian

Noun (1)

Candian (plural Candians)

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

Noun (2)

Candian (plural Candians)

  1. (historical) An inhabitant of the Kingdom of Kandy on the island now known as Sri Lanka.
    • 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...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...

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Questions about Candians

What is Candians the plural of?
Candians is the plural of Candian.

Words near Candians in the dictionary

  1. Candi
  2. candi sugar
  3. candi sugars
  4. Candia
  5. Candian
  6. Candians
  7. candicanoside
  8. candicant
  9. Candice
  10. Candices
  11. candicidal

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