Tenerife

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Tenerife, from Guanche.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌtɛnəˈɹiːf/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • Rhymes: -iːf

Proper noun

Tenerife

  1. An island of the Canary Islands, the largest of the islands. Capital: Santa Cruz de Tenerife
  2. (aviation history) 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".

Derived terms

  • Tenerife aircrash
  • Tenerife air disaster
  • Tenerife airport disaster
  • Tenerife crash
  • Tenerife disaster
  • Tenerife giant lizard

Translations

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Guanche [Term?].

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /teneˈɾife/ [t̪e.neˈɾi.fe]
  • Rhymes: -ife
  • Syllabification: Te‧ne‧ri‧fe

Proper noun

Tenerife ?

  1. Tenerife (an island of the Canary Islands)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • English: Tenerife