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Tuesday’s Question: Most of us believe that the Canary Islands are named after the bird, but actually they are named after THIS animal. What animal?

Posted on May 10, 2021 by Kat Walters

A king from the country of Mauretania named them “Canariae Insulae,” which translates from Latin to “Islands of the ____” . . . because a lot of large ones lived there.

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