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Kandy
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kandy
English
Etymology
From en ta கண்டி, possibly further from en si, ultimately from en sa खण्ड; or possibly from en pt Candea, en si කන්ද උඩරට land on the mountain, ultimately from en si කන්ද a mountain.
Pronunciation
en
Proper noun
en Q203197en city/capital province/Central Province c/Sri Lanka.
en 2022 Shehan Karunatilaka The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida Sort Of Books 372 ‘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.’
Derived terms
en Kandyan
Translations
city in Sri Lanka
Arabic: ar كَانْدِي, ar الْخَنْدُق
Azerbaijani: az Kandi
Burmese: my ကန္ဒီ
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 康提 Kāngtí
Sinhalese: si මහනුවර
Tamil: ta கண்டி