[kan-dee-uh] 
[kreet] | 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. |
| a seaport in N Crete. 137,000. |
| Can·di·a 1 (kān'dē-ə) A name used by Italian colonizers (13th-17th century) for the island of Crete. |
| Can·di·a 2 (kān'dē-ə) See Iráklion. |
| I·rá·kli·on (ĭ-rä'klē-ôn') A city of southern Greece on the northern coast of Crete. It was founded by Saracens in the ninth century and passed to the Byzantines, Venetians, and Ottoman Turks before becoming part of Greece in 1913. Population: 137,000. |
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