"Χανιά" meaning in Greek

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Proper name

IPA: /xaˈɲa/ Forms: Chaniá [romanization], no-table-tags [table-tags], Χανιά [nominative, plural], Χανίων [genitive, plural], Χανιά [accusative, plural], Χανιά [plural, vocative]
Etymology: 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: {{inh|el|gkm|Χανιά}} Byzantine Greek Χανιά (Khaniá), {{der|el|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|el|omn|-}} Minoan, {{der|el|grc|-}} Ancient Greek, {{m|grc|Ϝελχάνος}} Ϝελχάνος (Welkhános) Head templates: {{head|el|proper nouns|||||||||||||||||||||||||||cat2=pluralia tantum proper nouns|cat3=|cat4=|g=n-p|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} Χανιά • (Chaniá) n pl Inflection templates: {{el-decl-noun-pl|Χανιά|Χανίων|Χανιά|Χανιά|ap=|gp=|note=|np=|vp=}}
  1. Chania (a city on the island of Crete in Greece) Wikipedia link: el:Χανιά Categories (place): Cities in Greece, Places in Greece Derived forms: Χανιώτης (Chaniótis), χανιώτικος (chaniótikos), Χανιώτισσα (Chaniótissa)

Inflected forms

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