- a group of mountainous islands in the Atlantic off the NW coast of Africa, forming an Autonomous Community of Spain. Capital: Las Palmas and Santa Cruz de Tenerife. Pop: 1 944 700 (2003 est)
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Canar′y Is′lands,
- Place Namesa group of mountainous islands in the Atlantic Ocean, near the NW coast of Africa, comprising two provinces of Spain. 1,138,801;
2894 sq. mi. (7495 sq. km). Also called Ca•nar′ies.
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Canary Islands, Canaries pl n
'Canary Islands' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
caldera
- canary
- cineraria
- Gran Canaria
- Lanzarote
- La Palma
- Las Palmas
- laurel
- Santa Cruz de Tenerife
- Teide
- Tenerife
- canary grass
- dragon tree
- genista
- Palma
- sack
- Spain