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Islas Canarias

/ˌislas kaˈnaɾjas/

proper noun/ˌislas kaˈnaɾjas/

Canary Islands (an archipelago and autonomous community of Spain, off the coast of northwestern Africa, near Morocco)

Synonyms: Canarias

Likely a partial calque of Latin Canāriae Īnsulae (literally “Islands of the Dogs”).