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The name comes from the Latin "Insularia Canaria" meaning Island of the Dogs, a name applied originally only to the island of Gran Canaria. The Romans knew of the existence of the islands. King Juba II of Mauritania supplied Pliny the Elder with information gathered during an expedition to the islands sometime around the beginning of his reign. Pliny referred to two of the insulae "islands" as Nivaria and Canaria. Nivaria, from niveus, "snowy", is probably Tenerife for the snow-covered peak of Mount Teide. Canaria, modern day Gran Canaria, was named for canis, "dog" for the extinct race of large dogs that once roamed the island.
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Dogs. In Latin, the island now known as Grand Canary was called "Insula Canaria", which translates as "Island of the Dogs". The namehas since been extended to the entire group.
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Dogs I think
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Dog.
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The Cloud Rat of the Philippines. It is an etymological odyssey! A Philippino sailor remarked that one of the Canary Islands looked like a Cloud Rat--- "Kang Nang really?" Is a mixture of pidgen English and Tagalog. A sailor was slurring his words after drinking rum at Gibralter were mumbling about the newfound Islands off the coast and an Englishman thought that he was saying "Canary"
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Dogs. In Latin, the island now known as Grand Canary was called "Insula Canaria", which translates as "Island of the Dogs". The namehas since been extended to the entire group.The Romans knew of the existence of the islands. King Juba II of Mauritania supplied Pliny the Elder with information gathered during an expedition to the islands
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