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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- 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.
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- proper noun An
archipelago off the coast of north-western Africa, nearMorocco and belonging toSpain .
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- noun a group of mountainous islands in the Atlantic off the northwest coast of Africa forming Spanish provinces
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Examples
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The Canary Islands are a volcanic archipelago rising up to 3,700 meters (m).
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The primitive populations of the Canary Islands were the Guanches, a white race, vigorous, of high stature, fair-haired and blue-eyed, and leading mostly a pastoral life.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913
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The number reaching the Canary Islands was the lowest in a decade, he said.
British Blogs 2010
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The number reaching the Canary Islands was the lowest in a decade, he said.
British Blogs 2010
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The number reaching the Canary Islands was the lowest in a decade, he said.
European Tribune 2010
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The number reaching the Canary Islands was the lowest in a decade, he said.
British Blogs 2010
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The number reaching the Canary Islands was the lowest in a decade, he said.
British Blogs 2010
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The number reaching the Canary Islands was the lowest in a decade, he said.
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Sea-bathing and swimming are assured at this time of year if the Canary Islands is our destination.
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Sea-bathing and swimming are assured at this time of year if the Canary Islands is our destination.
chained_bear commented on the word Canary Islands
"The turning point came in 1853, when the fungus Uncinula necator destroyed the islands' grapevines. No longer able to produce wine, the islanders turned to cochineal as if to a lifeline. By 1855, annual cochineal exports from the Canaries reached one million pounds."
Amy Butler Greenfield, A Perfect Red: Empire, Espionage, and the Quest for the Color of Desire (New York: Harper Collins, 2005), 216.
Also, on p. 244:
"Since the modern-day cochineal boom began, Mexico has seen a mild resurgence in cochineal production, but so far those hoping for a full-scale revival of the industry there have been disappointed. ... Today the Canary Islands, Bolivia, Chile, South Africa, and several other countries are all cochineal exporters. The chief beneficiary of the cochineal boom, however, is Peru."
October 6, 2017