Sentence:  Mr. Beauchamp, a young man of learning and fine parts, happened to make an acquaintance with Mr. Grandison in the island of <WSD>Candia</WSD>, where they met as countrymen, which, from a sympathy of minds, grew immediately into an intimacy that will hardly ever end. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  The Mediterranean island of Crete.