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Canaries en · PROPN

Pronunciation

  • /kəˈnɛəɹiːz/

Meanings

  1. (informal, plural, plural-only) The Canary Islands: An archipelago and autonomous community of Spain, off the coast of northwestern Africa, near Morocco.
  2. (UK, plural, plural-only) Nickname of Norwich City Football Club.
    • The Canaries went ahead when the home defence failed to clear their lines and Pilkington was on hand to slide in his eighth goal of the campaign. 2012 April 9, Mandeep Sanghera, “Tottenham 1 - 2 Norwich”, in BBC Sport:

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