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KANDY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Kandy mean?
• KANDY (noun)
The noun KANDY has 1 sense:
1. a city of central Sri Lanka that was the last capital of the ancient kings of Ceylon; a resort and religious center
Familiarity information: KANDY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A city of central Sri Lanka that was the last capital of the ancient kings of Ceylon; a resort and religious center
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)
Holonyms ("Kandy" is a part of...):
Ceylon; Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka; Sri Lanka (a republic on the island of Ceylon; became independent of the United Kingdom in 1948)
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