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  • proper noun One of the main islands in the Canary Islands, with capital Arrecife

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Examples

  • Lanzarote is all volcan, amazing scenary, Fuerteventura all beach and La Palma all green really special forest.

    calling in favours 2007

  • Lanzarote is very lunar in places but that makes it incredibly different.

    calling in favours 2007

  • I only came back from a week in Lanzarote last week myself and looked in quite a few estate agency windows while there but didn't come across anything of that value.

    Irish in Spain - the travelogue 2005

  • A little farther to the eastward is Lanzarote, which is very mountainous, possessing a volcano of its own, where a violent eruption took place not very long ago, when a stream of lava from two hundred to three hundred yards broad spread out into the sea like a river, the floating pumice-stone being picked up by passing vessels miles away.

    Young Tom Bowling The Boys of the British Navy John B. [Illustrator] Greene

  • Mateo and Lena flee to the barren, volcanic landscape of Lanzarote, which is sublime but redolent of death.

    unknown title 0x135caba0 2009

  • The website showcases a series of pics and tales from places such as Lanzarote, Madeira,

    HomePage - The Sun 2010

  • Yes, I was trying to pick a place that has a distinctive terroir and Lanzarote with its volcanic soil, low-yielding bush vines, wind and sun came to mind.

    Rocks for shocks: geologists don’t “debunk” terroir; minerality questioned | Dr Vino's wine blog 2009

  • Here, though, the million pounds served another useful function: it formed part of ITV's search for a more middle-class, advertiser-friendly audience, because money can be spent on anything, whereas mobile cocktail bars, Mini Metros and holidays in Lanzarote have awkward class connotations.

    Television's mundane millionaires | Joe Moran 2011

  • Articulate, eccentric and a very, very good trainer: Nick Williams has not quite reached Sir Henry Cecil-like status but punters following his small stable have been counting the profits for several seasons and Swincombe Rock 2.50 can give the yard another high-profile winner in the William Hill Lanzarote Hurdle at Kempton today.

    Talking horses: The best bets and latest news in our daily horse racing blog 2012

  • Also, they seem to harvest with camels, at least according the the Wines of Lanzarote site from which I copied the quote above.

    Rocks for shocks: geologists don’t “debunk” terroir; minerality questioned | Dr Vino's wine blog 2009

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