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kandy

kandy is the alternative form of candy.

Meaning of candy

Noun (1)

candy (countable and uncountable, plural candies)

  1. (uncountable) Crystallized sugar formed by boiling down sugar syrup.
  2. (Canada, Philippines, US, uncountable) Edible, sweet-tasting confectionery containing sugar, or sometimes artificial sweeteners, and often flavored with fruit, chocolate, nuts, herbs and spices, or artificial flavors.
    • They came down to buy sugar, flour, saltfish or candy from Nana, to collect letters and exchange gossip.1991, Celia Brayfield, The Prince
  3. (Canada, Philippines, US, countable) A piece of confectionery of this kind.
    • Unwholesome pink and yellow candies were sold from trays.1991, Ann Granger, A Season for Murder
    Synonyms:
    sweet, lolly
  4. (US, slang) crack cocaine.
  5. (uncountable) An accessory (bracelet, etc.) made from pony beads, associated with the rave scene.
    • candy kid; candy raver

Noun (2)

candy (plural candies)

  1. (obsolete) A unit of weight used in southern India, equal to twenty maunds, roughly equal to 500 pounds avoirdupois but varying locally.
    Synonyms:
    maunee

See all 14 meanings of candy

Proper noun capitalized: Kandy

Kandy

  1. A city, the capital of Central Province, Sri Lanka.
    • ‘Something will always fall on your head,’ you say.
      ‘I’ve worked on construction sites in Kandy,’ she says. ‘You don’t need to tell me that.’2022, Shehan Karunatilaka, The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida, Sort Of Books, page 372

Forms of kandy

pluralkandies

Origin of kandy

From Tamil கண்டி (kaṇṭi), possibly further from Sinhalese [Term?], ultimately from Sanskrit खण्ड (khaṇḍa); or possibly from Portuguese Candea, Sinhalese කන්ද උඩරට (kanda uḍaraṭa, “land on the mountain”), ultimately from Sinhalese කන්ද (kanda, “a mountain”).

Words formed from kandy

Questions about kandy

What does kandy mean?
Kandy means a city, the capital of Central Province, Sri Lanka.
What is kandy the alternative form of?
Kandy is the alternative form of candy.
What part of speech is kandy?
Kandy is a proper noun.

Words near kandy in the dictionary

  1. Kandrat
  2. kanduli
  3. kandulis
  4. kandura
  5. kanduras
  6. kandy
  7. Kandyan
  8. Kandyans
  9. kandyes
  10. kandys
  11. kane

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