Grand Canary
an island in the Atlantic, in the Canary Islands: part of the Spanish province of Las Palmas. Capital: Las Palmas. Pop: 771 333 (2002 est). Area: 1533 sq km (592 sq miles): Spanish name: Gran Canaria
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How to use Grand Canary in a sentence
Neither the pine-apple nor water-melon grow in Teneriffe, but abundance of the latter are brought from Grand Canary.
Journal of a Voyage to Brazil | Maria GrahamAnd she pointed to the Grand Canary, lying like a cloud on the horizon.
Notwithstanding | Mary CholmondeleyThe island of Grand Canary is one of the most interesting of the group at which we have now arrived.
Journal of an African Cruiser | Horatio BridgeBut finding them out of danger, Columbus went at once to the Grand Canary island, and had a favorable passage.
The Life of Christopher Columbus from his own Letters and Journals | Edward Everett Hale“Grand Canary,” repeated my chum after the signalman, with a puzzled look on his face.
Young Tom Bowling | J.C. Hutcheson
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