Iráklion

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I·rá·kli·on (

-rä

-ôn

) also Can·di·a (k

)

A city of southern Greece on the northern coast of Crete. It was founded by Saracens in the ninth century and passed to the Byzantines, Venetians, and Ottoman Turks before becoming part of Greece in 1913. Population: 137,000.

Iráklion (Greek) [iˈrakliɔn]

(Placename) a port in Greece, in N Crete: former capital of Crete (until 1841); ruled by Venetians (13th-17th centuries). Pop.: 117 167 (1991) Italian name Candia Also called Heraklion Herakleion

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