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1º_ The Canary Islands are a Spanish autonomous community in an archipelago on the Atlantic Ocean. The name is Latin for can, canis ("dog"), since the Romans were struck by the number of dogs (brought by their inhabitants as shepherds and food) they found on the islands. 2º_ Feminine plural of the Canarian bird.

  



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Archipelago of African Islands, belonging to Spain. In them the banana is raised, there are tomatoes, pineapples is the Teide volcano. . . Some of them are Tenerife , Gran Canària , Las Palmas , Fuerteventura , Graciosa , La Gomera , Hierro , Lanzarote . . . . It is also called to women born in the Canary Islands and the female of the canary (bird)

  










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