Tenerife

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/ˌtɛnəˈɹiːf/

proper noun

An island of the Canary Islands, the largest of the islands. Capital: Santa Cruz de Tenerife

OriginSpanish Tenerife →
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Meanings

proper noun

alternative dated Teneriffe

  1. An island of the Canary Islands, the largest of the islands. Capital: Santa Cruz de Tenerife
  2. abbreviationellipsisaeronauticsEllipsis 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".

Origin

  1. SpanishTenerife
  2. EnglishTenerife

Borrowed from Spanish Tenerife, from Guanche.

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Translations

Arabic تنريفه, تنريفي
  • تنريفه (tinirīfih)one of the Canary Islands
  • تنريفي (tinirīfī)one of the Canary Islands
Basque Tenerife
  • Tenerifeone of the Canary Islands
Dutch Tenerife
  • Tenerifeone of the Canary Islands
Finnish Teneriffa
  • Teneriffaone of the Canary Islands
French Ténérife, Ténériffe
  • Ténérifeone of the Canary Islands
  • Ténériffeone of the Canary Islands
German Teneriffa
  • Teneriffaone of the Canary Islands
Greek Τενερίφη
  • Τενερίφη (Tenerífi)one of the Canary Islands
Hawaiian Heūeke
  • Heūekeone of the Canary Islands
Italian Tenerife, Teneriffa
  • Tenerifeone of the Canary Islands
  • Teneriffaone of the Canary Islands
Japanese テネリフェ
  • テネリフェone of the Canary Islands
Latin Īnsula Nivāria, Nivāria
  • Īnsula Nivāriaone of the Canary Islands
  • Nivāriaone of the Canary Islands
Polish Teneryfa
  • Teneryfaone of the Canary Islands
Portuguese Tenerife
  • Tenerifeone of the Canary Islands
Spanish Tenerife
  • Tenerifeone of the Canary Islands
Swedish Teneriffa
  • Teneriffaone of the Canary Islands

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with Tenerife

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Cite this entry
APA

Tenerife. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tenerife

MLA

“Tenerife.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tenerife. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Tenerife,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tenerife.

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