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a seaport on and the capital of Crete, on the W part. 40,564.
Greek, Khania.
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Canea
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1.
Formerly, Candia. a Greek island in the Mediterranean, SE of mainland Greece. 456,642; 3235 sq. mi. (8380 sq. km). Capital: Canea.
2.
Sea of, a part of the S Aegean Sea lying between the Cyclades Islands and Crete.
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Crete
traditionally said to be from Krus, name of a mythological ancestor; probably an ethnic name of some sort.
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Crete definition
Island in southeastern Greece in the Mediterranean Sea.
Note: Crete is the largest of the Greek islands.
Note: One of the world's earliest civilizations, the Minoan civilization, reached its peak in Crete in 1600 b.c.
Note: In Greek mythology, Crete was Minos's kingdom, where the Minotaur lived at the center of the Labyrinth.
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Canea
city and capital of Khania nomos (department), western Crete, Greece. It was the capital of Crete from 1841 to 1971. The city lies along the eastern corner of the Gulf of Khania and occupies the neck of the low, bulbous Akrotiri Peninsula between the gulf and Soudhas Bay (east) on the site of ancient Kydonia.
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