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Canary Islands

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Ca·nar·y Islands  (k-nâr) In Spanish Is·las Ca·na·ri·as (släs kä-när-äs)
A group of Spanish islands in the Atlantic Ocean off the northwest coast of Africa. The Canaries have been part of Spain since 1479 and are a major tourist center.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.Canary IslandsCanary Islands - a group of mountainous islands in the Atlantic off the northwest coast of Africa forming Spanish provinces
Canaries
Espana, Kingdom of Spain, Spain - a parliamentary monarchy in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula; a former colonial power
Tenerife - a Spanish island in the Atlantic off the northwestern coast of Africa; the largest of the Canary Islands
Translations
Canary Islands, Canaries [kəˈnɛərɪz] npl → las (Islas) Canarias
Canary Islands, Canaries [kəˈnɛərɪz] npl the Canary Islands → les (îles fpl) Canaries fpl
Canary Islands [kəˈnɛərɪ ˈaɪləndz] npl the Canary Islands → die Kanarischen Inseln pl
Canary Islands, Canaries [kəˈnɛərɪz] npl the Canary Islands → le (isole) Canarie


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The first was this: our ship making her course towards the Canary Islands, or rather between those islands and the African shore, was surprised in the grey of the morning by a Turkish rover of Sallee, who gave chase to us with all the sail she could make.
Robinson Crusoe by Defoe, Daniel View in context
Helena, and at some of the Canary islands, almost entire sterility.
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