Gran Canaria

American  

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

Also Grand Canary

noun

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

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Gran Canaria British  

/ ɡraŋ kaˈnarja /

noun

1. 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

This remarkable continuity has been revealed by the first genetic analysis of archaeological lentils, conducted by researchers at Linköping University and the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria in Spain.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 26, 2025

Holding on their course, the fleet came to anchor at Gran Canaria on Wednesday the 2d of October, and sailed again at midnight for Gomera, where it arrived on the 5th of October.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 03 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time by Kerr, Robert