One word pinned here

Canary Islands

Name: Canary Islands
Address: ES

28.0000°N -15.7500°W · Q5813

One English word in this atlas traces back to Canary Islands. It sits in Spain.

All of Spain

Pinned here

canarynoun · 16th century

Well attested

The bird is named for the islands. The islands are named for dogs.

The wild canary is native to the Canary Islands. Latin Canaria insula, “isle of dogs,” named the islands first. English then named the bird, and later the color, after the place.

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