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They are small birds. There is also a group of islands called the Canary Islands, sometimes just referred to as the Canaries.
Canaries come from the Canary Islands (surprise).
Canaries originated in the Canary Islands. They are not named after the islands, but after the people of the islands, the Canarii.
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Canaries were named after the Canary Islands, as the name implies. Interestingly enough, the Canary Islands actually mean the Island of Dogs and do not refer to any birds.
The possessive noun for the singular word canary is canary's, e.g. "The canary's seed dish".The possessive plural form for many canaries would be canaries', e.g. "The canaries' seed dishes".
There are claims that the Canaries/ the Canary Islands were found by the Portuguese as early as 1336
The Canary Islands were known to the Europeans for many years before Columbus. He had nothing to do with their discovery.
Yes, the wild canary comes from the Canary and surrounding islands. The domestic canary is a descendant of the wild bird.However, the bird is named for the islands, not the other way around. The Canary Islands were named for dogs, real or otherwise, the Latin name Canariae.
The Canary Islands, Azores and Madeira in the region known as Macaronesia in the eastern Atlantic Ocean.
As a part of Spain, the Canaries are also part of the European Union. However, the islands enjoy some exceptions in the fiscal and economic area. The currency in the Canary Islands is the euro, as in Spain.
Yes there are two species of hawk in the Canary islands. One is Accipter nisus, the Eurasian sparrowhawk, and the other, though rarely observed there, is Accipter gentilis, the Northern Goshawk.