Guanche

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Noun
  1. 1
    An aboriginal inhabitant originally of the island of Tenerife only, but now often of extinct pre-Hispanic population of the Canary Islands in general.
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    The language of the Guanches, believed to belong to the Berber family.

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"The Guanche, or Berbers of the Canary Islands, didn't disappear completely."

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