Canarias

See also: canarias and canárias

Galician

Proper noun

Canarias f pl (plural only)

1. synonym of Illas Canarias: Canary Islands (an archipelago and autonomous community of Spain, off the coast of northwestern Africa, near Morocco)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin (īnsula) canāria (“Canary Islands”, literally “island of the dogs”), from canārius (“of dogs”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈnaɾjas/ [kaˈna.ɾjas]
  • Rhymes: -aɾjas
• IPA^(key): (Canary Islands) /kaˈnaɾjas/ [kaˈna.ɾja(h)]
  • Rhymes: -aɾjas
• Syllabification: Ca‧na‧rias

Proper noun

Canarias f pl (plural only)

1. Canaries, Canary Islands (an archipelago and autonomous community of Spain, off the coast of northwestern Africa, near Morocco)

   Synonym: Islas Canarias

2. (singular, place name) the autonomous community of the same name

   En toda Canarias ― In all of the Canary Islands (the region as a whole)

Related terms

• canario

Descendants

• → Tashelhit: aknari

Further reading

• Canarias on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es