What are the Canary Islands named for?

birds

dogs

lemons

birds' seeds

The name comes from the Latin root canaria. According to the historian Pliny the Elder, the island was named so, because it contained "vast multitudes of dogs of very large size".

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Not including Andorra, which European capital is located at the highest altitude?

Where in the world is Catalan the sole official language?

in Catalonia

in the Balearic Islands

in Andorra

nowhere

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