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Kandy

noun
1.
A city of central Sri Lanka that was the last capital of the ancient kings of Ceylon; a resort and religious center.





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... monsoon Aspect of the country before it Lightning Rain, its violence June July and August, September, October, November. N.E. monsoon December Annual quantity of rain in Ceylon and Hindustan (note) Opposite climates of the same mountain Climate of Galle Kandy and its climate Mists and hail Climate of Trincomalie (text and note) Jaffna and its climate Waterspouts Anthelia Buddha rays Ceylon as a sanatarium.—Neuera-ellia Health Malaria Food and wine 76, Effects of the climate of Ceylon ...
— Ceylon; an Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and • James Emerson Tennent
... 30th: We left Nuwara Eliya, on the morning of January 30th, for Kandy, arriving there at 2 P.M. The train passed through a country similar to that before described, only there was a greater descent, Kandy having less altitude than Nuwara Eliya. We had anticipated much of Kandy, Ceylon's ancient capital and the scene of ...
— Travels in the Far East • Ellen Mary Hayes Peck


Words linked to "Kandy" :   city, urban center, Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, metropolis, Sri Lanka, Ceylon


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