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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- One of the Canary Islands in the Atlantic Ocean east-southeast of Tenerife Island. It is the principal island of the group.
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Canaria, commonly called Grand Canary (which gives its name to all the reft) is equally large as it is long, being about thirteen or fourteen leagues either ways, and in drcuit about forty: the town of Canary is a biihop's fee, and the refidence of the Spaniih governor.
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Maxwell set sail with his crew of 11, bound east toward the north part of Grand Canary.
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But down at the destination airport in the Grand Canary -- in the Canary Islands, one of our colleagues, a reporter from our affiliate, says there are 300 family members down there and friends waiting for news.
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Neither the pine-apple nor water-melon grow in Teneriffe, but abundance of the latter are brought from Grand Canary.
Journal of a Voyage to Brazil And Residence There During Part of the Years 1821, 1822, 1823 Maria Graham
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"The _Star_ went down months ago, off the Grand Canary, in a storm by night."
Sir Mortimer Mary Johnston 1903
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We saw Palma on one side, and Grand Canary on the other, beyond the layer of clouds which enveloped all the lower part of the island.
The Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley Huxley, Leonard 1900
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We are told, also, that there was an ancient Latin manuscript in the archives of the cathedral church of the Grand Canary, in which the adventures of these saints were recorded.
The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus Irving, Washington, 1783-1859 1892
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On the night of January 10 we steamed out of Las Palmas to cover the long line of 940 miles between Grand Canary and Bathurst.
To the Gold Coast for Gold A Personal Narrative in Two Volumes.—Volume I Richard Francis Burton 1855
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The best _tuneras_ (cochineal-plantations) lay in Grand Canary, where they could be most watered.
To the Gold Coast for Gold A Personal Narrative in Two Volumes.—Volume I Richard Francis Burton 1855
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Cruz, where we anchored at half-past nine on Sunday morning in twenty-five fathoms water, and moored along shore in the same depth, with the cupola tower of the church of St. Francis bearing west half north one mile, the east part of the road east by north, the castle on the south point south-west, and the west part of the Grand Canary south-south-east.
A Voyage to the South Sea For The Purpose Of Conveying The Bread-Fruit Tree To The West Indies, Including An Account Of The Mutiny On Board The Ship William Bligh 1785
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