Candy

candy English Etymology 1 Alternative forms en Candi Pronunciation kăn'di, en /ˈkændi/ en ændi 2 Proper noun A pet form of the female given name Candace or Candice. Etymology 2 From en vec - and en la Candia, from en grc Χάνδαξ or grc Χάνδακας, from en ar رَبْض الخَنْدَق (in particular en ar خَنْدَق, borrowed from en pal *handag (whence fa-cls هندک handak moat)), name of the Cretan city of Heraklion under the Emirate of Crete. Alternative forms en Candia, en Candie Proper noun en historical The Mediterranean island of Crete. 8 97 Assure thy selfe that as for me I never will agreeThat Candie Joves owne foster place (as long as I there raigne)Shall unto such a monstruous Wight a Harbrow place remaine. V 1 Orsino, this is that AntonioThat took the Phoenix and her fraught from Candy;And this is he that did the Tiger board,When your young nephew Titus lost his leg: c. 1619, John Ford (formerly attributed to Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher), The Laws of Candy, Act I, Scene 2, if to renown Your honours through the world, to fix your names, Like Blazing stars admir’d, and fear’d by all That have but heard of Candy or a Cretan, Be to deserve the approvement of my man-hood, Then thus much have I done: en 1709 Aaron Hill A Full and Just Account of the Present State of the Ottoman Empire in All its Branches http://name.umdl.umich.edu/004869666.0001.000 27 218 London CRETE, or Candy, as at present call’d, was taken by the Turks from the Possession of the brave Venetians, who defended it some Years against a constant Siege, and made the Place a bloody Purchase to the Turkish Army: Related terms en Candian en Candy oil Etymology 3 From en pt Candea, from en ta கண்டி, possibly further from en si - the five counties/countries on the mountain, ultimately from en sa खण्ड. Alternative forms en Candi, en Candia, en Kandy Proper noun en historical The Kingdom of Kandy on the island now known as Sri Lanka; (by extension) the British colony of Ceylon on that island. en Punch 20 January 1872 https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37639/37639-h/37639-h.htm Mr. W. H. GREGORY, the accomplished Member for Galway, goes to Ceylon as Governor. A pleasant exile, and a safe return, are Mr. Punch’s sweet wishes to him who departeth for Candy. en historical The city of Kandy, the capital of that kingdom. en 1681 Robert Knox w:An Historical Relation of the Island Ceylon https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001254577 2 5 R. Chiswell London The First is the City of Candy, so generally called by the Christians, probably from Conde, which in the Chingulays Language signifies Hills, for among them it is situated Derived terms en Candite Related terms en Candian Etymology 4 + (name) Proper noun en. en 1963 w:H. E. Bates Oh! To be in England Suddenly, to his horror, Mr Candy found himself in what Ma would have called a terrible two-and-eight. en 1985 Crash 14 March 62 The phone was then handed over to the other perpetrating programmer of SPECTACLE who described himself as 'the other Simon' who talked me through some of the program's low spots while Robin Candy punched the buttons on the Spectrum. Anagrams en acdny Dancy dancy en diminutives of female given names en Islands