Χανιά

Greek

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).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xaˈɲa/

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Proper noun

Χανιά • (Chaniá) n pl

1. Chania (a city, the capital of Chania regional unit, on the island of Crete, Greece)
2. Chania (a regional unit of Crete, around the city)

Declension

Declension of Χανιά

	plural
nominative	Χανιά (Chaniá)
genitive	Χανίων (Chaníon)
accusative	Χανιά (Chaniá)
vocative	Χανιά (Chaniá)

Derived terms

• Χανιώτης (Chaniótis)
• χανιώτικος (chaniótikos)
• Χανιώτισσα (Chaniótissa)

Descendants

• English: Hania

References

• Nikolaos Platon (1947), Κρητικά Χρονικά Α [Kretika Chronika 1].