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单词 canarian
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Canarianadj.n.

Brit. /kəˈnɛːrɪən/, U.S. /kəˈnɛriən/
Forms: 1500s Canariane, 1500s Canarien, 1500s– Canarian, 1600s Canaryan, 1600s Cannarian.
Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Canary , -an suffix.
Etymology: < the name of the Canary Islands (see Canary n.1) + -an suffix; compare -ian suffix. Compare Middle French, French Canarien (c1490 as adjective and noun). With use as noun compare slightly later Canary n.1
A. adj.
Designating the Canary Islands; of or relating to the Canary Islands.
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the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Europe > Iberian peninsula and islands > [adjective] > Canary Islands
Canarian1559
1559 W. Cuningham Cosmogr. Glasse 97 Will you nowe shewe the findyng out of the Longitude of any place from the Canariane Ilandes?
?1578 W. Patten Let. Entertainm. Killingwoorth 70 Replenisht with liuely burds, English, French, Spanish, Canarian, and..African.
1666 J. Davies tr. C. de Rochefort Hist. Caribby-Islands ii. xxiii. 340 Those Canarian Women [Fr. ces femmes Canariennes], who commonly caus'd their Children to be suckled by Goats.
1764 G. Glas Descr. Canary Islands xv, in tr. J. de Abreu de Galindo Hist. Discov. & Conquest Canary Islands 288 The Canarian gentry..are proud of being thought to have descended from the Goths.
1793 Sporting Mag. 2 23/2 His name, Ardagoma, signifies, in the Canarian language, shoulders of rock.
1850 Phytologist 3 384 Mr. Hewett Watson presented some foreign plants, chiefly European and Canarian.
1871 F. Locock tr. E. Pégot-Ogier Fortunate Isles I. xix. 304 Canarian ladies are not fond of walking.
1922 D. A. Bannerman Canary Islands iii. 57 The commoner forms of Canarian bird-life.
2012 Lanzarote (Marco Polo Travel Guide) 26/1 Lanzarote is—just after Tenerife—the largest wine producer in the Canarian archipelago.
B. n.
A native or inhabitant of the Canary Islands.Sometimes spec.: a member of the indigenous population of the Canary Islands from before the date of the Castilian conquest of the 15th cent., or one of their descendants.
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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > the Spaniards > [noun] > native or inhabitant of Spain > Canaries
Canarian1568
1568 T. Hacket tr. A. Thevet New Found Worlde vi. f. 9v In the sayd hill,..there are some reste or remnant of these wilde Canarians [Fr. Canariens], that thither are retired.
1583 T. Nicols Pleasant Descr. Ilands Canaria sig. C.ijv They spake another language cleane contrarie to the Canarians.
a1645 W. Browne tr. M. Le Roy Hist. Polexander (1647) ii. iii. 207 The Canaryan [Fr. Le Canarien], who savoured no more of his Ancestors barbarousnesse.
1683 P. Lorrain tr. P. Muret Rites Funeral viii. 135 The Canarians..did nothing else but sing, dance, and divert themselves at the Interment of their Dead.
1793 Sporting Mag. 2 24/1 These Canarians have given such remarkable proofs of their athletic powers.
?1802 S. T. Coleridge Coll. Lett. (1956) II. 907 What a misery that the Canarians are Catholics!
1871 F. Locock tr. E. Pégot-Ogier Fortunate Isles I. vii. 97 The Canarians burning and plundering the ships.
1922 D. A. Bannerman Canary Islands i. 13 Carrying with him a number of the Canarians as captives.
2005 Mirror (Eire ed.) (Nexis) 22 Jan. 47 The Canarians are deeply proud about what their island offers tourists.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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