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Canary Island

Canary Island noun: an island of the Canary Islands. Also the attributive form of Canary Islands.

Noun

Canary Island (plural Canary Islands)

  1. An island of the Canary Islands.
    • Turns out a trip to the Canary Islands--although a hefty 14 flying hours from the West Coast to Madrid to the largest Canary Island of Tenerife--can be invitingly inexpensive. […] On another day we sailed to Lanzarote, the Canary Island--150 nautical miles from Tenerife--that lies closest to the...1997 November 23, Marcia Scott Harrison, “Spain’s African Isles”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 25 Nov 2025
    • The Parque Nacional de Garajonay on the Canary Island of La Gomera offers many things: dozens of hikes to suit everyone’s ability level, dazzling views of the island’s dry canyons, cascading terraces of banana trees, and misty laurel forests.2013 July 19, Elizabeth Zach, “Two Tales of Recovery in the Canary Islands”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 10 May 2016

Proper noun

Canary Island

  1. A locality in the Shire of Loddon, north western Victoria, Australia.

Also used as

Canary Island is also the attributive form of Canary Islands.

Forms of Canary Island

pluralCanary Islands

Origin of Canary Island

See Canary Islands. The locality was named after the islands.

Questions about Canary Island

What does Canary Island mean?
Canary Island means an island of the Canary Islands.
What part of speech is Canary Island?
Canary Island can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of Canary Island?
The plural of Canary Island is Canary Islands.

Words near Canary Island in the dictionary

  1. canary grasses
  2. canary in a coal mine
  3. canary in a coalmine
  4. canary in the coal mine
  5. canary in the coalmine
  6. Canary Island
  7. Canary Islander
  8. Canary Islanders
  9. Canary Islands
  10. canary release
  11. canary releases

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