"Chania" meaning in All languages combined

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Proper name [English]

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). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|Chania}} Latin Chania, {{der|en|gkm|Χανιά}} Byzantine Greek Χανιά (Khaniá), {{der|en|ar|الخان}} Arabic الخان (al-ḵān), {{m|gkm|-ιά||-ia: forming place names}} -ιά (-iá, “-ia: forming place names”), {{m|ar|ال||the, place of the}} ال (al-, “the, place of the”), {{m|ar|خان||caravanserai, inn}} خان (ḵān, “caravanserai, inn”), {{der|en|omn|-}} Minoan, {{der|en|grc|-}} Ancient Greek, {{m|grc|Ϝελχάνος}} Ϝελχάνος (Welkhános) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Chania
  1. A city on the island of Crete, Greece. Categories (place): Cities in Greece, Places in Greece Translations (city): خانية (Arabic), خانيا (Qanya) (Arabic), La Canée [feminine] (French), Chania (German), Χανιά (Chaniá) [neuter, plural] (Greek), La Canea [feminine] (Italian), Chania [feminine] (Latin), Canea [feminine] (Latin), Cydonia [historical] (Latin), La Canèa [feminine] (Occitan), خانیه (Hanya) (Ottoman Turkish), Ха́нья (Xánʹja) [feminine] (Russian), Ханья́ (Xanʹjá) [feminine] (Russian), La Canea [feminine] (Spanish), Hanya (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-Chania-en-name-97XjYvcF Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 64 36 Disambiguation of 'city': 64 36
  2. A regional unit of the island of Crete, Greece, around the city. Categories (place): Places in Greece, Regional units of Greece
    Sense id: en-Chania-en-name-sX4T7~wB
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Canea [historical], Cydonia, Kydonia [historical], Hania

Alternative forms

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