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Canary — Taxobox name = Canary image width = 240px image caption = status = LC status system = iucn3.1 status ref = [IUCN2006|assessors=BirdLife International|year=2004|id=53391|title=Serinus canaria|downloaded=12 May 2006 Database entry includes… … Wikipedia
Canary Islands — Islas Canarias (Spanish) Autonomous community … Wikipedia
Canary Wharf — is a large business and shopping development in London, located in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, centred on the old West India Docks in the London Docklands.Rivalling London s traditional financial centre, The Square Mile, Canary Wharf… … Wikipedia
canary — type of small songbird, 1650s (short for Canary bird, 1570s), from Fr. canarie, from Sp. canario canary bird, lit. of the Canary Islands, from L. Insula Canaria Canary Island, largest of the Fortunate Isles, lit. island of dogs, (canis, gen.… … Etymology dictionary
canary — [kə ner′ē] n. pl. canaries [Fr canarie < Sp canario < L Canaria (insula), Canary (island), lit., island of dogs < canis dog (see HOUND1): so called from its large dogs] 1. a small, yellow finch (Serinus canaria) native to the Canary… … English World dictionary
canary — ► NOUN (pl. canaries) 1) a bright yellow finch with a melodious song, popular as a cage bird. 2) (also canary yellow) a bright yellow colour. ORIGIN from the Canary Islands, to which one species of the bird is native; the name of the islands is… … English terms dictionary
Canary Islands — Island group off northwest Africa; they are not a colony but are part of Spain; in Spanish, Islas Canarias … Bryson’s dictionary for writers and editors
Canary Islands in pre-colonial times — The Canary Islands have been known since antiquity; the islands themselves are estimated to be 30 million years old. [cite book last = O Brien first = Sally authorlink = title = Canary Islands publisher = Lonely Planet year = 2004 doi = isbn =… … Wikipedia
Canary Island Date Palm — taxobox name = Canary Island Date Palm image caption = Phoenix canariensis regnum = Plantae unranked divisio = Angiosperms unranked classis = Monocots unranked ordo = Commelinids ordo = Arecales familia = Arecaceae genus = Phoenix species = P.… … Wikipedia
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
