Candy
or KANDY, a city of Ceylon, near the center of the island, 72 miles N. E. of Colombo (with which it is connected by railway), in a fertile valley surrounded by finely wooded hills. The residence of the governor at the N. E. extremity is among the finest structures in Ceylon. Other noteworthy places are the Buddhist temple, called le, called "the palace of the tooth," the old royal cemetery, the military magazine in the center of a lake, the government brick-works, etc. Pop. about 30,000.