Tenerife
English
Alternative forms
- Teneriffe (dated)
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish Tenerife, from Guanche.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌtɛnəˈɹiːf/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -iːf
Proper noun
Tenerife
- An island of the Canary Islands, the largest of the islands. Capital: Santa Cruz de Tenerife
- (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
Related terms
Translations
one of the Canary Islands
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Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Guanche [Term?].
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /teneˈɾife/ [t̪e.neˈɾi.fe]
- Rhymes: -ife
- Syllabification: Te‧ne‧ri‧fe
Proper noun
Tenerife ?
- Tenerife (an island of the Canary Islands)
Derived terms
Descendants
- → English: Tenerife