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Gran Canaria

American

[grahn kah-nah-ryah] / ˈgrɑn kɑˈnɑ rjɑ /

Also Grand Canary

noun

one of the Canary Islands, in the central part. 650 sq. mi. (1,685 sq. km). Las Palmas.

Gran Canaria British

/ ɡraŋ kaˈnarja /

noun

the Spanish name for Grand Canary

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Gran Canaria

After visiting Madrid and Barcelona earlier in the week, the pope arrived in another island of the archipelago, Gran Canaria, on Thursday.

From Barron's ● Jun. 12, 2026

Oceanwide Expeditions meanwhile said its plan was for the ship to sail north "to the Canary Islands, either Gran Canaria or Tenerife, which will take three days of sailing".

From Barron's ● May 5, 2026

"Where's the Ibiza one? Gran Canaria?" one Instagram-user joked.

From BBC ● Mar. 16, 2026

More than a thousand years ago, the Indigenous inhabitants of Gran Canaria used long-term storage methods to safeguard their harvests.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 26, 2025

Teneriffa and the great Canary called Gran Canaria, and the West part of Forteuentura stande in seuen and twenty degrees and a halfe.

From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 11 by Hakluyt, Richard

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