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English[en]
The first recorded name for the island, given by Italian-Majorcan cartographer Angelino Dulcert, was Insula de Lanzarotus Marocelus, after the Genoese navigator Lancelotto Malocello, from which the modern name is derived.
Norwegian[nb]
Øya ble navngitt av Angelino Dulcert som Insula de Lanzarotus Marocelus, etter den genovesiske navigatøren Lancelotto Malocello.