Chania

English

Alternative forms

• Hania

Etymology

From Latin Chania, from Byzantine Greek Χανιά (Khaniá), from Arabic الخان (al-ḵān) + -ιά (-iá, “-ia: forming place names”), literally from ال (al-, “the, place of the”) + خان (ḵān, “caravanserai, inn”) but possibly transliterating a neighborhood whose named derived from its former importance in the worship of the Minoan god Velchanos, whose Minoan name was transcribed into Ancient Greek as Ϝελχάνος (Welkhános).

Proper noun

Chania

1. A city on the island of Crete, Greece.
2. A regional unit of the island of Crete, Greece, around the city.

Synonyms

• Canea (chiefly historical); Cydonia, Kydonia (historical)

Translations

city

• Arabic: خانية, خانيا (Qanya)
• French: La Canée f
• German: Chania
• Greek: Χανιά (el) n pl (Chaniá)
• Italian: La Canea f
• Latin: Chania f; Canea f; Cydonia (chiefly historical)
• Occitan: La Canèa f
• Ottoman Turkish: خانیه (Hanya)
• Russian: Ха́нья f (Xánʹja), Ханья́ f (Xanʹjá)
• Spanish: La Canea f
• Turkish: Hanya (tr)

References

• Nikolaos Platon (1947), Κρητικά Χρονικά Α [Kretika Chronika 1].

Anagrams

• Anicha, aincha