canary island

saramarshall | 20:18 Thu 30th Sep 2004 | History

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what animal is the canary island named after?

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The Canaries (as a group) are named after dogs, the latin for dog being something like canine that I can't remember! Help!!

From 'canaria insula', Latin for 'isle of dogs', based on 'canis' = dog.

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