Grand Canary

British  

noun

1. Spanish name: Gran Canaria.  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)

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Example Sentences

They were happily escaping rain, strong winds and some snow for individual vacations at resorts of their choice on Grand Canary Island, about 40 miles southeast of Tenerife.

From Time Magazine Archive

A fair example of the microbe movie, Grand Canary, adapted from A. J. Cronin's best seller, is small, erratic, commonplace.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Isleta is the latest volcano in Grand Canary, and except in certain states of the atmosphere it is utterly and barrenly hideous.

From A Tramp's Notebook by Roberts, Morley

I possess three or four species from the Grand Canary, Fuertaventura, and Teneriffe; and I believe it will be found, on inquiry, to attain its maximum in that cluster.

From On the Variation of Species, with Especial Reference to the Insecta ; Followed by an Inquiry into the Nature of Genera by Wollaston, Thomas Vernon

Of these five thousand are for the Grand Canary, and the others are for Teneriffe.

From The Boys of '98 by Otis, James