Unnumbered source etymology
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Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA city, the capital of Central Province, Sri Lanka.
From Tamil கண்டி (kaṇṭi), possibly further from Sinhalese [Term?], ultimately from Sanskrit खण्ड (khaṇḍa); or possibly from Portuguese Candea, Sinhalese කන්ද උඩරට (kanda uḍaraṭa, “land on the mountain”), ultimately from Sinhalese කන්ද (kanda, “a mountain”).
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