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
• 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

Related terms

• canario

Further reading

• Canarias on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es