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informashun | 20:59 Thu 25th Jan 2007 | Quizzes & Puzzles
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at a recent local quiz a t or f question was: the canary bird took its name from the canary islands.
i put falase always thinking it came via the roman name of canas or dog.
i looked up on various sites and a couple did indeed state it came from the berber language for a canary.
can anyone add to my findings
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canary_Islands

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The islands were named after dogs.

The birds were named after the islands.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canary

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