Definition of canary islands Canary islands
Ca•nar•y Is•lands
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| canary islands - a group of mountainous islands in the Atlantic off the northwest coast of Africa forming Spanish provinces | ||
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| espana, kingdom of spain, spain a parliamentary monarchy in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula; a former colonial power | ||
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canary islands
An archipelago off the coast of north-western Africa.
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The Canary Islands is a group of islands off the coast of Morocco. They are an autonomous (they make their own laws) community of Spain. There are seven main islands. The people who live there speak Spanish. The autonomus community has two capital cities, of equal status: Santa Cruz de Tenerife and Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. Every island has been created by volcanoes in the bottom of the sea. Those volcanoes slowly raised until they raised over the water and made the islands. This process lasted many thousands of years.
The islands have a very long and interesting history. When Europeans first came to the Canary Islands, they found people already living there. These people were called the Guanches. Many of the Guanches were killed in battles with the Spanish, and the ones who remained adopted the Spanish way of life. Many battles have been fought over who was to own the islands before Spain claimed them. After the Spanish conquest many battles were also fought against pirates. The most recent of countries interested in them was Morocco.
After the Spanish conquest many Europeans settled there. Portuguese and Spaniards, but also Belgians and Maltese were part of the early settlers. Recently many people from all over Europe, America, India and Africa have also became citizens or permanent residents
The seven islands are: La Palma, La Gomera, El Hierro, Tenerife, Gran Canaria, Lanzarote, and Fuerteventura. People from La Gomera have a whistle language which children there learn
