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- noun Plural form of
Guanche .
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Examples
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These people were called Guanches, naturally they spake another language cleane contrary to the Canarians, and so consequently euery Iland spake a seuerall language.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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When Spain took the Canary Islands away from Portugal, they were resisted by intelligent, brave, and proud natives called Guanches, whom the Portuguese had never been able to subdue.
The Pawprints of History STANLEY COREN 2002
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When Spain took the Canary Islands away from Portugal, they were resisted by intelligent, brave, and proud natives called Guanches, whom the Portuguese had never been able to subdue.
The Pawprints of History STANLEY COREN 2002
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When Spain took the Canary Islands away from Portugal, they were resisted by intelligent, brave, and proud natives called Guanches, whom the Portuguese had never been able to subdue.
The Pawprints of History STANLEY COREN 2002
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When Spain took the Canary Islands away from Portugal, they were resisted by intelligent, brave, and proud natives called Guanches, whom the Portuguese had never been able to subdue.
The Pawprints of History STANLEY COREN 2002
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The only monument that can throw any light on the origin of the Guanches is their language; but unhappily there are not above a hundred and fifty words extant, and several express the same object, according to the dialect of the different islanders.
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A short time after the discovery of America, when Spain was at the highest pinnacle of her glory, the gentle character of the Guanches was the fashionable topic, as we in our times laud the Arcadian innocence of the inhabitants of Otaheite.
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A short time after the discovery of America, when Spain was at the highest pinnacle of her glory, the gentle character of the Guanches was the fashionable topic, as we in our times laud the Arcadian innocence of the inhabitants of Otaheite.
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1 Alexander von Humboldt 1814
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The only monument that can throw any light on the origin of the Guanches is their language; but unhappily there are not above a hundred and fifty words extant, and several express the same object, according to the dialect of the different islanders.
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1 Alexander von Humboldt 1814
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The Guanches were the ancient dwellers of the island of Tenerife, since way before the Spanish conquest.
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