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The word had come through Spanish Canaria , originating as Latin Canāria Insula `Isle of the Dogs.
The first foreign visitors to the Canaries are thought to have been Arab sailors who landed on Gran Canaria some 2,000 years ago and were met warmly.
The Guanche language also lives on in such place names as Tafira and Tamadaba (on Gran Canaria), Timanfaya (on Lanzarote), Teide (on Tenerife), and Tenerife itself.
As a result, on 16 August 1982 the Canary Islands were given autonomous status, with nearly all governmental functions transferred from Madrid and the status of capital being shared between Santa Cruz de Tenerife and Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.
This led, in 1927, to the islands being divided into two provinces; Santa Cruz de Tenerife with the islands of Tenerife, La Palma, La Gomera and El Hierro; and Las Palmas de Gran Canaria with the islands of Lanzarote and Fuerteventura.