Kandy

See also: kandy

English

Etymology

From Tamil கண்டி (kaṇṭi), possibly further from Sinhalese.

Proper noun

Kandy

1. A city in Sri Lanka.
   • 2022, Shehan Karunatilaka, The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida, Sort Of Books, page 372:

     ‘Something will always fall on your head,’ you say.
     ‘I’ve worked on construction sites in Kandy,’ she says. ‘You don’t need to tell me that.’

Translations

city in Sri Lanka

• Arabic: كَانْدِي (kāndī), الْخَنْدُق (al-ḵanduq)
• Azerbaijani: Kandi
• Burmese: ကန္ဒီ (kandi)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 康提 (Kāngtí)

• Sinhalese: මහනුවර (mahanuwara)
• Tamil: கண்டி (ta) (kaṇṭi)