Re: Country names

Quoting Stone Gordonssen <stonegordonssen@...>:

> >fairy floss/spun sugar/something else (fluffy sweet stuff, often
> pink,
>
> =AmE "cotton candy"
Reminds me: www.zompist.com gives the following Arabic etymology for the word
"candy":

candy - short for 'sugar candy', from sugar + qandi 'candied', from qand 'cane
sugar' - from a Dravidian language

I was taught it derived from the placename "Candia", because Crete was a major
producer of sugar cane during some period. Does anyone know more about this?

                                                              Andreas

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