Save Gender Feminine Usage Guanche, Spanish (Canarian) Pronounced Pron. GA-ra(Guanche, Canarian Spanish) [key] Meaning & History Derived from Guanche *gar "height", and taken from place name Garajonay. According to an unattested local legend, Gara and Jonay were a pair of young Guanche lovers who died together in a joint suicide at Garajonay peak.