Canary Islands

English Etymology en es Islas Canarias, itself likely a partial calque, with the plural of es isla island, of en la Canāriae Īnsulae Islands of the Dogs, from the feminine plural of la canārius of or pertaining to dogs + the plural of la īnsula f island. Perhaps so named because monk seals or sea dogs were abundant, a name that was evidently generalized from the ancient name of one of these islands, Canaria – presumably Gran Canaria. According to the historian Pliny the Elder, the island Canaria contained “vast multitudes of dogs of very large size”. The connection to dogs is retained in the autonomous community’s coat of arms, which is also included in its flag. The en canary was named after the islands, not vice versa. Pronunciation en /kəˈnɛəɹi ˌaɪləndz/ en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Canary Islands.wav Southern England Proper noun p 1 Canary Islands Canary Island en Q5813en archipelago/and/acomm c/Spain off the coast of northwestern Africa, near Morocco. en Canaries<ll:informal> en 3 September 2026 James Gregory More than 80 migrants feared dead after boat rescued off Canary Islands https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c33kzv7kly4o BBC News Fernando Clavijo, head of the Canary Islands government, posted on X: "It is intolerable that lives continue to be lost. The Canaries cannot get used to or accept as normal the fact that the Atlantic continues to be a death trap." 3 September 2026 https://web.archive.org/web/20261002234449/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c33kzv7kly4o 2 October 2026 Hypernyms en Macaronesia Meronyms en islands of the Canary Islands Alegranza Chinijo Archipelago El Hierro Fuerteventura Graciosa Gran Canaria La Gomera Lanzarote La Palma Lobos Island Montaña Clara Roque del Este Roque del Oeste Tenerife Derived terms en Canary broom en Canary Islander Translations an archipelago off the coast of north-western Africa Arabic: ar الجُزُرُ الخَالِدَات f-p, ar جُزُر اَلْكَنَارِيَّة f-p, ar جُزُر اَلْكَنَارِي f-p Hijazi Arabic: acw جُزُر الكَناري f juzur al-kanāri Armenian: hy Կանարյան կղզիներ p Asturian: ast Islles Canaries f-p Basque: eu Kanariak, eu Kanaria uharteak Catalan: ca Illes Canàries f-p Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 加那利群島 Jiānàlì qúndǎo Corsican: co Isuli Canari f-p, co Isuli Canarii f-p Danish: da De kanariske Øer Dutch: nl Canarische Eilanden p Esperanto: eo Kanarioj Estonian: et Kanaari saared Faroese: fo Kanarisku oyggjarnar Finnish: fi Kanariansaaret French: fr îles Canaries f-p, fr Canaries f-p Frisian: West Frisian: fy Kanaryske Eilannen p Galician: gl Illas Canarias f-p, gl Canarias f-p Georgian: ka კანარის კუნძულები German: de Kanarische Inseln f-p, de Kanaren p, de Glückliche Inseln hinter dem Winde p informal Bavarian: bar Kanarische Insln f-p, bar Kanarn p Greek: el Κανάριοι Νήσοι n-p, el Κανάρια Νησιά n-p Hebrew: he האיים הקנריים m-p ha'i'ym ha'qanari'ym Hungarian: hu Kanári-szigetek Icelandic: is Kanaríeyjar f-p Irish: ga Oileáin Chanáracha m-p Italian: it Isole Canarie f-p Japanese: ja カナリア諸島 Kanaria-shotō Korean: ko ^카나리아 제도 Latin: la Canāriae Īnsulae f-p, la Fortūnātae Īnsulae f-p, la Canāriae f-p Macedonian: mk Канарски Острови m-p Maltese: mt Gżejjer Kanariċi il-Gżejjer Kanariċi Norman: nrf Îles Canâries f-p, nrf Canâries f-p Norwegian: Bokmål: nb Kanariøyene Nynorsk: nn Kanariøyane Occitan: oc Illas Canàrias f-p Old English: ang Fortunatus Polish: pl Wyspy Kanaryjskie nv-p, pl Kanary nv-p Portuguese: pt Ilhas Canárias f-p, pt Canárias f-p Romanian: ro Insulele Canare f-p Russian: ru Кана́рские острова́ m-p, ru Кана́ры p Sardinian: sc Isulas Canarias f-p Scots: sco Canary Islands p, sco Canaries p Serbo-Croatian: sh Kanari m-p, sh Kanarski Otoci m-p Sicilian: scn Ìsuli Canarii f-p, scn Ìsuli Canari f-p Spanish: es Islas Canarias f-p, es Canarias f-p Swahili: sw Visiwa vya Kanari Swedish: sv Kanarieöarna p Venetan: vec Ìxołe Canarie f-p Volapük: vo Kanariyuäns Welsh: cy Ynysoedd Dedwydd Noun en noun form Canary Islands en Canary Island an island of the en Canary Islands Q5813