<p><strong>Noun:</strong></p><ul><li>a Greek island in the Mediterranean, southeast of mainland Greece (3,235 sq. mi. / 8,380 sq. km).</li><li>Canea.</li><li>Formerly Candia.</li><li>Sea of Crete, a part of the south Aegean Sea lying between the Cyclades Islands and Crete.</li></ul>