Chania

English Alternative forms en Hania Etymology From en la Chania, from en gkm Χανιά, from en ar الخان + gkm -ιά -ia: forming place names, literally from ar ال the, place of the + ar خان caravanserai, inn but possibly transliterating a neighborhood whose named derived from its former importance in the worship of the Minoan god Velchanos, whose en omn - name was transcribed into en grc - as grc Ϝελχάνος. Proper noun en Q182299en city/capital runit/Chania on the island of r/Crete c/Greece. en Q210487en regional unit r/Crete around the city. Synonyms en Canea chiefly historical; en Cydonia, en Kydonia historical Translations city Arabic: ar خَانِيَة, ar خَانِيَا Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 干尼亞//干尼亚 Gānníyà, cmn 哈尼亞 Hāníyà Dutch: nl Chania French: fr La Canée f German: de Chania Greek: el Χανιά n-p Hebrew: he חאניה Hindi: hi ख़ानिया Italian: it La Canea f Latin: la Chania f, la Canea f, la Cydonia chiefly historical Occitan: oc La Canèa f Polish: pl Chania f Russian: ru Ха́нья f, ru Ханья́ f Spanish: es La Canea f Swedish: sv Chania Turkish: tr Hanya Ottoman Turkish: ota خانیه Hanya References Nikolaos Platon (1947), Κρητικά Χρονικά Α [Kretika Chronika 1]. Anagrams en aachin aincha