Kandy

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”).

Kandy

2. A city, the capital of Central Province, Sri Lanka.
   • 2022, Shehan Karunatilaka, The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida, Sort Of Books, page 372:

     ‘Something will always fall on your head,’ you say.
     ‘I’ve worked on construction sites in Kandy,’ she says. ‘You don’t need to tell me that.’