Canary Islands — Islas Canarias (Spanish) Autonomous community … Wikipedia
CANARY ISLANDS — CANARY ISLANDS, islands belonging to Spain, off N.W. Africa. Since the Canary Islands were taken over by Spain after the Expulsion of 1492, the first Jewish immigrants to the Canary Islands were conversos from Spain and Portugal seeking refuge… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Canary Islands — [ēz′läs kä nä′rē äs] group of islands in the Atlantic, off NW Africa, forming a region of Spain: 2,808 sq mi (7,273 sq km); pop. 1,494,000: Sp. name Islas Canarias [ēz′läs kä nä′rē äs] … English World dictionary
Canary Islands — Canarian, adj., n. a 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 Canaries. * * * Spanish Islas Canarias Island group and… … Universalium
Canary Islands — The Guanches, now an extinct population and an offshoot of the race of Berbers, were the native inhabitants of the Canary Islands. The Canary Islands form an archipelago in the North Atlantic Ocean facing the Moroccan Atlantic coast and is an… … Historical dictionary of the berbers (Imazighen)
Canary Islands — Ca|na|ry Is|lands the Canaries the Canary Islands a group of islands near northwest Africa which belong to Spain and are popular with tourists … Dictionary of contemporary English
Canary Islands — Admin ASC 1 Code Orig. name Canary Islands Country and Admin Code ES.53 ES … World countries Adminstrative division ASC I-II
Canary Islands Quail — Conservation status Fossil Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum … Wikipedia
Canary Islands, The — • An archipelago in the North Atlantic Ocean facing the western coast of Africa Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006 … Catholic encyclopedia
Canary Islands autonomous football team — Infobox National football team Name = Canary Islands Badge = Canary Islands fa.gif FIFA Trigramme = Elo Rank = Nickname = Canario (The Canaries) Association = Federación Canaria de Fútbol Coach = José Caballero Most caps = Top scorer = pattern… … Wikipedia
Canary Islands Chiffchaff — Taxobox name = Canary Islands Chiffchaff regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Passeriformes familia = Phylloscopidae genus = Phylloscopus species = P. canariensis binomial = Phylloscopus canariensis binomial authority =… … Wikipedia