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Partial calque of Spanish Islas Canarias , itself likely a partial calque, with the plural of isla ( “ island ” ) , of Latin Canāriae Īnsulae ( literally “ Islands of the Dogs ” ) , from the feminine plural of canārius ( “ of or pertaining to dogs ” ) + the plural of 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 canary was named after the islands, not vice versa.
the Canary Islands pl (plural only )
An archipelago off the coast of northwestern Africa , near Morocco and belonging to Spain as an autonomous community .
an archipelago off the coast of north-western Africa
Arabic: الجُزُرُ الخَالِدَات f pl ( al-juzuru l-ḵālidāt ) , جُزُر اَلْكَنَارِيَّة f pl ( juzur al-kanāriyya ) , جُزُر اَلْكَنَارِي f pl ( juzur al-kanārī )
Hijazi Arabic: جُزُر الكَناري f ( juzur al-kanāri )
Armenian: Կանարյան կղզիներ (hy) pl ( Kanaryan kġziner )
Asturian: Islles Canaries (ast) f pl
Basque: Kanariak , Kanaria uharteak
Bavarian: Kanarische Insln f pl , Kanarn pl
Catalan: Illes Canàries f pl
Chinese:
Mandarin: 加那利群島 / 加那利群岛 (zh) ( Jiānàlì qúndǎo )
Corsican: Isuli Canari f pl , Isuli Canarii f pl
Danish: De kanariske Øer
Dutch: Canarische Eilanden (nl) pl
Esperanto: Kanarioj
Estonian: Kanaari saared (et)
Faroese: Kanarisku oyggjarnar
Finnish: Kanariansaaret (fi)
French: îles Canaries (fr) f pl , Canaries (fr) f pl
Galician: Illas Canarias (gl) f pl , Canarias (gl) f pl
Georgian: კანარის კუნძულები ( ḳanaris ḳunʒulebi )
German: Kanarische Inseln (de) f pl , Kanaren (de) pl , Glückliche Inseln hinter dem Winde pl ( informal )
Greek: Κανάριοι Νήσοι (el) n pl ( Kanárioi Nísoi ) , Κανάρια Νησιά n pl ( Kanária Nisiá )
Hebrew: האיים הקנריים m pl ( ha'i'ym ha'qanari'ym )
Hungarian: Kanári-szigetek (hu)
Icelandic: Kanaríeyjar f pl
Irish: Oileáin Chanáracha m pl
Italian: Isole Canarie f pl
Japanese: カナリア諸島 ( Kanaria-shotō )
Korean: 카나리아 제도 ( Kanaria jedo )
Latin: Canāriae Īnsulae f pl , Fortūnātae Īnsulae f pl , Canāriae f pl
Macedonian: Канарски Острови m pl ( Kanarski Ostrovi )
Maltese: il-Gżejjer Kanariċi
Norman: Îles Canâries f pl , Canâries f pl
Norwegian:
Bokmål: Kanariøyene
Nynorsk: Kanariøyane
Occitan: Illas Canàrias f pl
Old English: Fortunatus Īegland
Polish: Wyspy Kanaryjskie (pl) nvir , Kanary (pl) nvir
Portuguese: Ilhas Canárias f pl , Canárias (pt) f pl
Romanian: Insulele Canare f pl
Russian: Кана́рские острова́ (ru) m pl ( Kanárskije ostrová ) , Кана́ры (ru) pl ( Kanáry )
Sardinian: Isulas Canarias f pl
Scots: Canary Islands pl , Canaries pl
Serbo-Croatian: Kanari m pl , Kanarski Otoci m pl
Sicilian: Ìsuli Canarii f pl , Ìsuli Canari f pl
Spanish: Islas Canarias (es) f pl , Canarias (es) f pl
Swahili: Visiwa vya Kanari
Swedish: Kanarieöarna (sv) pl
Venetan: Ìxołe Canarie f pl
Volapük: Kanariyuäns (vo)
Welsh: Ynysoedd Dedwydd
West Frisian: Kanaryske Eilannen pl