Candia

Candia is the name of the following places:

• Candia Canavese , municipality in the Italian province of Turin (Piedmont)
• Candia Lomellina , municipality in the Italian province of Pavia (Lombardy)
• Candia (New Hampshire) , town in Rockingham County, USA
• the medieval Italian name of the Greek city of Heraklion in Crete
• In the Middle Ages and early modern times, the Venetian name for
  • the island of Crete in the Mediterranean
  • the city of Heraklion in Crete

Candia is a family name for the following people:

• Amancio Francisco Benítez Candia (* 1973), Paraguayan clergyman, Bishop of Benjamín Aceval
• Anselmo Sule Candia (1934–2002), Chilean politician
• Ernesto Candia (* 1921), Argentine soccer player
• Jhonatan Candia (* 1995), Uruguayan football player
• Jorge Arturo Candía (* 1956), Mexican football player

Candia also means:

• Candia (ship, 1530) , a Venetian galleon from 1530
• Candia (ship, 1788) , ship of the Dutch East India Company

See also:

• Kandia

This is a disambiguation page for differentiating between several terms identified with the same word.