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/

Proper noun

Χανιά • (Chaniá) n pl

  1. Chania (a city on the island of Crete in Greece)

Declension
  Χανιά
case     \     number plural
nominative Χανιά •
genitive Χανίων •
accusative Χανιά •
vocative Χανιά •

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

Descendants
  • English: Hania

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