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Kandian

Kandian is the alternative form of Kandyan.

Meaning of Kandyan

Adjective

Kandyan (comparative more Kandyan, superlative most Kandyan)

  1. Of or relating to the city of Kandy in Sri Lanka.
    • It is the ambition of each and every nooser to capture the first elephant; for he to whom falls this honor is considered the hero of the day, and in recognition of his skill and bravery is rewarded by His Excellency the Governor with an elephant book of Kandyan lacquer with brass and silver overlay.1931, The Literary Digest, volume 108, Funk & Wagnalls, page 37

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Forms of Kandian

Adjective
comparativemore Kandian
superlativemost Kandian
Noun
pluralKandians

Questions about Kandian

What is Kandian the alternative form of?
Kandian is the alternative form of Kandyan.

Words near Kandian in the dictionary

  1. kandhuli
  2. kandi
  3. kandi kid
  4. kandi kids
  5. kandi raver
  6. Kandian
  7. Kandians
  8. kandic
  9. Kandice
  10. kandies
  11. Kanding

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Kandian (page history and authors); Kandyan (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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