Meaning of Candian | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Of or relating to Crete or its inhabitants.
   historical, not-comparable
2. Of or relating to the Kingdom of Kandy on the island now known as Sri Lanka.
   historical, not-comparable
3. Of or relating to the Cretan city of Heraklion or its inhabitants.
   historical, not-comparable

Examples

“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.”

“Noble as he, and deck’d too with the plume Of brave adventure in the Candian war; Younger, and not less comely.”

“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 rapacious in the civilized world.”

“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, 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.”

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