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• Canary Islands — Islas Canarias (Spanish)   Autonomous community   …   Wikipedia

• The Canary Islands —     The Canary Islands     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Canary Islands     The Canary Islands form an archipelago in the North Atlantic Ocean facing the western coast of Africa, between the parallels of 27°4 and 29°3 N. lat., and the meridians… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Canary Islands —    The Guanches, now an extinct population and an offshoot of the race of Berbers, were the native inhabitants of the Canary Islands. The Canary Islands form an archipelago in the North Atlantic Ocean facing the Moroccan Atlantic coast and is an… …   Historical dictionary of the berbers (Imazighen)

• Canary Islands Independence Movement — Flag of the MPAIAC The Canary Islands Independence Movement (CIIM), also known as the Movement for the Independence and Self determination of the Canaries Archipelago (MPAIAC, from Spanish Movimiento por la Autodeterminación e Independencia del… …   Wikipedia

• Canary Islands in pre-colonial times — The Canary Islands have been known since antiquity; the islands themselves are estimated to be 30 million years old. [cite book last = O Brien first = Sally authorlink = title = Canary Islands publisher = Lonely Planet year = 2004 doi = isbn =… …   Wikipedia

• Canary Islands Quail — Conservation status Fossil Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum …   Wikipedia

• CANARY ISLANDS — CANARY ISLANDS, islands belonging to Spain, off N.W. Africa. Since the Canary Islands were taken over by Spain after the Expulsion of 1492, the first Jewish immigrants to the Canary Islands were conversos from Spain and Portugal seeking refuge… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• Canary Islands — [ēz′läs kä nä′rē äs] group of islands in the Atlantic, off NW Africa, forming a region of Spain: 2,808 sq mi (7,273 sq km); pop. 1,494,000: Sp. name Islas Canarias [ēz′läs kä nä′rē äs] …   English World dictionary

• Conquest of the Canary Islands — The conquest of the Canary Islands by the Kingdom of Castille took place between 1402 and 1496. It can be divided into two periods, the Conquista señorial, carried out by Castilian nobility in exchange for a covenant of allegiance with the crown …   Wikipedia

• Divisiones Regionales de Fútbol in Canary Islands — The Divisiones Regionales de Fútbol in the Canary Islands, are organized by Federación Canaria de Fútbol : Preferente de las Islas Canarias (Level 5) Primera Regional Aficionado Gran Canaria (Level 6) Primera Regional Aficionado… …   Wikipedia