Candyan

Adjective (1)

Candian (not comparable)

1. (historical) Of or relating to Crete or its inhabitants.
   • In ſafety landed on the Candian Shore, / With generous Wines their Spirits they reſtore; / There Cymon with his Rhodian Friend reſides, / Both Court, and Wed at once the willing Brides.1700, [John] Dryden, “Cymon and Iphigenia, from Boccace”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, page 564
2. (historical) Of or relating to the Cretan city of Heraklion or its inhabitants.
   • There is a good road, and it is possible to walk if desired, although it is about as hot and uninteresting a walk as can well be imagined. It is easier and better to ride, although the Cretan drivers in general, and the Candian ones in particular, enjoy the reputation of being about the most...1907, Philip Sanford Marden, chapter 2, in Greece and the Ægean Islands, London: Archibald Constable & Co., page 29

Adjective (2)

Candian (not comparable)

1. (historical) Of or relating to the Kingdom of Kandy on the island now known as Sri Lanka.
   • 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.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

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