>>3) .T. or .F., Canary Island is named so because of type of birds that migrate there each winter.
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>>Is this an island called "Canary" or the "Canary Isles" (inc. Tenerife, Gran Canaria, Lanzarote) in the Atlantic, part of Spain?
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>Ancient Romans named it. Latin "Canaria" - meaning wild and "isula" meaning dogs so wild dogs for the island was inhabited by bunch wild dogs, much like the Australian dingo dogs.
Just realised what you wrote (I only scanned the gist of it before). No it actually means dog island - Canis insula
(as in the words "canine" & "insulate")
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