Canaries
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- proper noun
- /kəˈnɛriz/
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Canarias
- The flight from Madrid to the Canaries takes just a few hours, making it a popular holiday destination.
- Canaries, Spain
- come to the Canaries
It was from like the Canary Islands, wasn't that?
- It was from like the Canary Islands, wasn't that?
- How long were you on the run for the two years I was in the Canaries?
- Instead, they are enjoying their billions of dollars that were given to them in aid in Switzerland, in the Canary Islands.
- The Galapagos and the Canary Islands are two other good examples, and they come from what are known as plumes.
Examples
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This treat is quite popular during the Carnival of Santa Cruz de Tenerife and the Canary Islands of Spain.
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I told you we have sailed over 1754 miles west of the Canaries.
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We'll take on fresh water and provisions in the Canaries.
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You should take Hanne to the Canaries.
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I was twice your age before I sailed one night west from the Canaries.
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Be careful what you wish for - the Canaries are also Spanish and very geologically unstable.
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I came back to the New World via England, Spain, the Canaries, the Eastern Caribbean, and back to NC.
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I wouldn't be surprised if the Canaries hold some significant connection to ancient Atlantean history.
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And I went down to the Canaries once and I saw El Museo Canario and it blew my mind.
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The UK then exploited the wonderful skies in the Canary Islands and built the William Herschel Telescope, which is still doing well.
Synonyms
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A group of Spanish volcanic islands in the Atlantic Ocean near northwest Africa
Surface Forms
Morphology
Canaries = Canary (transparent) = Canary + ies
Regular plural formation from the place-name base 'Canary' makes the form and meaning (the islands/group) straightforward for learners.
Etymology
Canaries comes from the Latin Canariae, meaning 'of the dogs', because early visitors wrote about many large dogs on the islands. So the islands were called the 'Islands of the Dogs', and the small yellow bird found there later took the name 'canary' from the islands.