האיים הקנריים (בספרדית: Las Islas Canarias) הם ארכיפלג הנמצא באוקיינוס האטלנטי, מול חופה הדרום-מערבי של מרוקו, והם נמנים בין 17 הקהילות האוטונומיות של ספרד. שטחם הכולל הוא 7,447 קילומטרים רבועים, אורך החופים הכולל הוא 1,583 קילומטרים ומספר התושבים בשנת 2006 היה 1,995,833 נפש (כ-4.5% מאוכלוסיית ספרד). כלכלת האיים מבוססת בעיקר על תיירות. לעתים האיים הקנריים קרויים גם בשם הארכיפלג הקנרי (בספרדית: El Archipiélago Canario).

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n. Canary Islands, group of islands in the Atlantic ocean near the northwest coast of Africa

nf. native of the Canary Islands, inhabitant of the Canary Islands (group of islands in the Atlantic ocean near the northwest coast of Africa)

adj. canary

nm. canary, any of a number of finches; serin, type of small finch that is related to the canary

Country name:	conventional long form: Kingdom of Spain conventional short form: Spain local short form: Espana
Government type:	parliamentary monarchy
Capital:	Madrid
Administrative divisions:	17 autonomous communities (comunidades autonomas, singular - comunidad autonoma)and 2 autonomous cities* (ciudades autonomas, singular - ciudad autonoma); Andalucia, Aragon, Asturias, Baleares (Balearic Islands), Ceuta*, Canarias (Canary Islands), Cantabria, Castilla-La Mancha, Castilla y Leon, Cataluna, Comunidad Valenciana, Extremadura, Galicia, La Rioja, Madrid, Melilla*, Murcia, Navarra, Pais Vasco (Basque Country) note: the autonomous cities of Ceuta and Melilla plus three small islands of Islas Chafarinas, Penon de Alhucemas, and Penon de Velez de la Gomera, administered directly by the Spanish central government, are all located off the coast of Morocco and are collectively referred to as Places of Sovereignty (Plazas de Soberania)
Independence:	the Iberian peninsula was characterized by a variety of independent kingdoms prior to the Moslem occupation that began in the early 8th century A. D. and lasted nearly seven centuries; the small Christian redoubts of the north began the reconquest almost immediately, culminating in the seizure of Granada in 1492; this event completed the unification of several kingdoms and is traditionally considered the forging of present-day Spain
National holiday:	National Day, 12 October
Constitution:	6 December 1978, effective 29 December 1978
Legal system:	civil law system, with regional applications; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
Suffrage:	18 years of age; universal
Executive branch:	chief of state: King JUAN CARLOS I (since 22 November 1975); Heir Apparent Prince FELIPE, son of the monarch, born 30 January 1968 head of government: President of the Government and Prime Minister Jose Luis RODRIGUEZ ZAPATERO (since 17 April 2004); First Vice President and Deputy Prime Minister (and Minister of the Presidency) Maria Teresa FERNANDEZ DE LA VEGA (since 18 April 2004) and Second Vice President (and Minister of Economy and Finance) Pedro SOLBES (since 18 April 2004) cabinet: Council of Ministers designated by the president note: there is also a Council of State that is the supreme consultative organ of the government, but its recommendations are non-binding elections: the monarchy is hereditary; following legislative elections, the leader of the majority party or the leader of the majority coalition is usually proposed president by the monarch and elected by the National Assembly; election last held 14 March 2004 (next to be held March 2008); vice presidents appointed by the monarch on the proposal of the president election results: Jose Luis RODRIGUEZ ZAPATERO (PSOE) elected president; percent of National Assembly vote - 52.29%
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Judicial branch:	Supreme Court or Tribunal Supremo
Political parties and leaders:	Basque Nationalist Party or PNV [Josu Jon IMAZ]; Canarian Coalition or CC (a coalition of five parties) [Paulino RIVERO Baute]; Convergence and Union or CiU [Artur MAS i Gavarro] (a coalition of the Democratic Convergence of Catalonia or CDC [Artur MAS i Gavarro] and the Democratic Union of Catalonia or UDC [Josep Antoni DURAN y LLEIDA]); Entesa Catalonia de Progress (a Senate coalition grouping four Catalan parties - PSC, ERC, ICV, EUA) [leader NA]; Galician Nationalist Bloc or BNG [Anxo Manuel QUINTANA]; Party of Independents from Lanzarote or PIL [Dimas MARTIN Martin]; Popular Party or PP [Mariano RAJOY]; Republican Left of Catalonia or ERC [Josep-Lluis CAROD-ROVIRA]; Spanish Socialist Workers Party or PSOE [Jose Luis RODRIGUEZ ZAPATERO]; United Left or IU (a coalition of parties including the PCE and other small parties) [Gaspar LLAMAZARES]
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(n.) = Canary Islander ; Canarian ; native of the Canary Islands ; inhabitant of the Canary Islands.
Ex: Since the late 1600s, Spain had encouraged the Canary Islanders to move to the Caribbean colonies.
Ex: Canarians are like Teide, snowy quietness on the outside, fire in the heart.
Ex: Strangely enough, in 1434 Pope Eugene IV's papal bull established a complete prohibition on selling the natives of the Canary Islands into slavery.
Ex: The sum of the evidence from the skeletal remains shows that the early inhabitants of the Canary Islands belonged to different ethnical groups.
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* Islas Canarias, las = Canary Islands, the ; Canaries, the.

(n.) = canary.
Ex: Canaries are native to the Azores, the Canary Islands, and Madeira and were formerly used by miners to warn of dangerous gases.
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* cambiarle el agua al canario = pee ; take + a leak ; have + a leak ; go for + a tinkle ; go for + a pee ; go for + a wee ; wee ; wee wee ; pee pee ; take + a pee ; take + a pee pee ; have + a slash ; go (for a) wee wee ; go (for a) pee pee ; spend + a penny ; have + a pee ; tinkle ; take + a wee ; take + a wee wee ; splash clogs ; go for + a slash.

canarius, canaria, canarium
adj. of/connected with dogs, dog-; kind of grass; [lappa canaria => kind of bur];