Las Palmas

[lahs pahl-mahs]

noun

1. a seaport on NE Gran Canaria, in the central Canary Islands.

Las Palmas

/ las ˈpalmas /

noun

1. a port in the central Canary Islands, on NE Grand Canary: a major fuelling port on the main shipping route between Europe and South America. Pop: 377 600 (2003 est)

Example Sentences

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.

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"We also see in our study that different types of lentils are grown on different islands -- even islands where it was previously thought that lentils were never cultivated. It's important to preserve lentils from different islands, because genetic diversity can prove valuable for the future of agriculture," says Jonathan Santana, researcher at the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.

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"Our results indicate that the lentils from Lanzarote have contributed not only their name but also their genes to Spanish lentils. With the climate change that is now taking place, Canarian lentils, adapted to growing in dry and warm conditions, may be of great interest for future plant breeding," says Jacob Morales, associate professor at the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.

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Villarreal's key man was playmaker Alberto Moleiro, who joined from Las Palmas in the summer.

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True to his word, as Setien joined Las Palmas in October 2015 one of his first calls was to the then 34-year-old Sarabia, offering him the role of assistant.

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