Tenerife en · PROPN
Pronunciation
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- /ˌtɛnəˈɹiːf/
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish Tenerife, from Guanche.
Meanings
- An island of the Canary Islands, the largest of the islands. Capital: Santa Cruz de Tenerife
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(abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of Tenerife aircrash: The 27 March 1977 Tenerife airport disaster, a ground collision between two fully loaded Boeing 747s operating as KLM Flight 4805 and Pan Am Flight 1736 at Los Rodeos Airport on Tenerife Island, destroying both; the crash colloquially known as "Tenerife".
alt of Tenerife aircrash
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Teneriffe | alternative, dated | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Tenerife giant lizard · Tenerife air disaster · Tenerife airport disaster · Tenerife crash · Tenerife aircrash · Tenerife disaster
Relateds
Translations (22)
it Teneriffa (one of the Canary Islands) · fy Teneryf (one of the Canary Islands) · la Nivāria (one of the Canary Islands) · fr Ténériffe (one of the Canary Islands) · eu Tenerife (one of the Canary Islands) · fi Teneriffa (one of the Canary Islands) · ja テネリフェ (one of the Canary Islands) · sh Tenerifa (one of the Canary Islands) · gl Tenerife (one of the Canary Islands) · fr Ténérife (one of the Canary Islands) · es Tenerife (one of the Canary Islands) · nl Tenerife (one of the Canary Islands) · sv Teneriffa (one of the Canary Islands) · el Τενερίφη (one of the Canary Islands) · haw Heūeke (one of the Canary Islands) · ar تنريفه (one of the Canary Islands) · ar تنريفي (one of the Canary Islands) · it Tenerife (one of the Canary Islands) · de Teneriffa (one of the Canary Islands) · pt Tenerife (one of the Canary Islands) · la Īnsula Nivāria (one of the Canary Islands) · pl Teneryfa (one of the Canary Islands)