Kanariansaarten nimi tulee koirasta. Tiesitkö tuota?

Ei tule.

Vierailija kirjoitti:

Ei tule.

Äsken sanottiin På spåret -ohjelmassa. Tuomari siis sanoi, ei kilpailijat.

"The name Islas Canarias is likely derived from the Latin name Canariae Insulae, meaning "Islands of the Dogs", perhaps because monk seals or sea dogs were abundant, a name that was evidently generalized from the ancient name of one of these islands, Canaria  presumably Gran Canaria. According to the historian Pliny the Elder, the island Canaria contained "vast multitudes of dogs of very large size".[25] The connection to dogs is retained in their depiction on the islands' coat-of-arms.

Other theories speculate that the name comes from the Nukkari Berber tribe living in the Moroccan Atlas, named in Roman sources as Canarii, though Pliny again mentions the relation of this term with dogs.[26]

The name of the islands is not derived from the canary bird; rather, the birds are named after the islands."

Kanarian linnuistako? Ymmärsinkö tuon oikein?