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Meaning of Canaries | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
kəˈnɛəɹiːz

Definitions

  1. The Canary Islands: An archipelago and autonomous community of Spain, off the coast of northwestern Africa, near Morocco.
    informal, plural, plural-only
  2. Nickname of Norwich City Football Club.
    UK, plural, plural-only

Equivalents

العربية طيور الكناري
Français Canaries

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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See also

canaries in a coal mine canaries in the coal mine canarigenin canarism canarium canaropyranoside

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