Canary Islands

American  

plural noun

1. a group of mountainous islands in the Atlantic Ocean, near the NW coast of Africa, comprising two provinces of Spain. 2,894 sq. mi. (7,495 sq. km).

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Canary Islands British  

plural noun

1. a group of mountainous islands in the Atlantic off the NW coast of Africa, forming an Autonomous Community of Spain. Pop: 1 944 700 (2003 est)

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Other Word Forms

• Canarian adjective

Example Sentences

Migrant arrivals to Spain fell by over 40 percent in 2025, largely due to a sharp drop in arrivals along the perilous Atlantic route to the Canary Islands, official figures showed Friday.

From Barron's

Ninety-six people have been rescued so far and a search is continuing for other passengers who were aboard the shipwrecked vessel that was heading towards Spain's Canary Islands.

From BBC

Nearly half of them came through the Atlantic migration route from the coast of West Africa to the Canary Islands.

From Barron's

A recent study published in Frontiers in Marine Science reports that, over the past four years, a previously unrecognized pandemic killing sea urchins worldwide has also struck the Canary Islands.

From Science Daily

Local media reports say the ship was on its way back to the Canary Islands from the Portuguese island of Madeira when the incident happened.

From BBC