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Canaries^¹

/kəˈnɛəɹiːz/

proper noun the Canaries

informal, plural, plural only The Canary Islands: An archipelago and autonomous community of Spain, off the coast of northwestern Africa, near Morocco. Fernando Clavijo, head of the Canary Islands government, posted on X: "It is intolerable that lives continue to be lost. The Canaries cannot get used to or accept as normal the fact that the Atlantic continues to be a death trap."
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.

canaries^²

noun

plural plural of canary

verb

indicative, present, singular, third person third-person singular simple present indicative of canary

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@misc{canaries_2026,
  title = {canaries},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/canaries},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}