Canary Islands

短语

加那利群岛；金丝雀群岛

发音

其它 /kəˈnɛəɹi ˌaɪləndz/

词形变化

the Canary Islands 复数 Canary Island only 复数 attributive Canary Island 复数

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    plural of Canary Island (“an island of the Canary Islands”)

name
  1. 1.

    An archipelago and autonomous community of Spain, off the coast of northwestern Africa, near Morocco.

    加那利群岛

    仅复数

词源

Partial calque of Spanish Islas Canarias, itself likely a partial calque, with the plural of isla (“island”), of Latin Canāriae Īnsulae (literally “Islands of the Dogs”), from the feminine plural of canārius (“of or pertaining to dogs”) + the plural of īnsula f (“island”). Perhaps so named because monk seals or sea dogs were abundant, a name that was evidently generalized from the ancient name of one of these islands, Canaria – presumably Gran Canaria. According to the historian Pliny the Elder, the island Canaria contained “vast multitudes of dogs of very large size”. The connection to dogs is retained in the autonomous community’s coat of arms, which is also included in its flag. The canary was named after the islands, not vice versa.

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