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Canary Islanders, or Canarians (Spanish: canarios), are the people of the Canary Islands, an autonomous community of Spain near the coast of Northwest Africa.The distinctive variety of the Spanish language spoken in the region is known as habla canaria (Canary speech) or the (dialecto) canario (Canarian dialect).
People from the Province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife (4 C, 2 P) Pages in category "People from the Canary Islands" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total.
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People from San Cristóbal de La Laguna (43 P) People from Santa Cruz de Tenerife (1 C, 36 P) Pages in category "People from Tenerife" The following 114 pages are in ...
José Comas Quesada (3 February 1928 – 14 January 1993) was a Canarian painter born in the Puerto de la Luz, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. He is considered one of the greatest exponents of watercolour painting, both in the Canaries and Spain, of the last quarter of the 20th century.
[2] [19] [20] Mohamed Adikhari argues that the Canary Islands were the scene of "Europe's first overseas settler colonial genocide," and that the mass killing and enslavement of natives, along with forced deportation, sexual violence and confiscation of land and children constituted an attempt to "destroy in whole" the Guanche people. [2] The ...
De León was born on 23 March 1643, to Andrés de León y Bello and María Delgado y Perera, in the town of El Sauzal, on Tenerife, of the Spanish Canary Islands. Her family was said to be humble but of noble origin. She was the youngest child, and had two sisters and a brother. She may have been of Guanche ancestry. [2]
Category: People from the Canary Islands by island. 3 languages. ... People from Lanzarote (1 C, 14 P) T. People from Tenerife (5 C, 113 P)