Definition of Tenerife

1. Noun. A Spanish island in the Atlantic off the northwestern coast of Africa; the largest of the Canary Islands.

Group relationships: Canaries, Canary Islands, Atlantic, Atlantic Ocean
Generic synonyms: Island

Definition of Tenerife

1. Proper noun. The largest of the seven Canary Islands. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tenerife

Temple in Jerusalem
Temple of Apollo
Temple of Artemis
Temple of Heaven
Temple of Jerusalem
Temple of Solomon
Templetonia
Templetonia retusa
Tempra
Temuco
Ten Commandments
Tenda
Tenebrae
Tenebrionidae
Tenebrist
Tenerife (current term)
Teng Hsiao-ping
Teng Hsiaoping
Tengmalm's owl
Tengmalm's owls
Tenn.
Tennessean
Tennesseans
Tennessee
Tennessee River
Tennessee Williams
Tennessee walker
Tennessee walking horse
Tennesseean
Tennesseeans

Literary usage of Tenerife

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Nineteenth Century (1889)
"HEAL TH-SEEKING IN Tenerife AND MADEIRA. THE Canary Islands have long been ... Tenerife is the largest of the group of ' seven sisters ' which form *he ..."

2. Transactions of the Canadian Institute by Royal Canadian Institute, Canadian Institute (1849-1914) (1904)
"A lineal descendant of the Conquistador is Senor Don Juan Bethencourt Alfonso, a doctor of medicine and scholar of note in Tenerife. ..."

3. Report of the Annual Meeting (1892)
"On the Ancient Language of the Natives of Tenerife. By the MARQUESS OF BUTE, KT, Mayor of Cardiff. The author read a portion of a long paper, written by him ..."

4. Transactions of the Canadian Institute by Canadian Institute (1849-1914)., Royal Canadian Institute (1904)
"They are from Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Tenerife, Gomera, Palma and Hierro. The second implements the ..."

5. Notes by a Naturalist: An Account of Observations Made During the Voyage of by Henry Nottidge Moseley (1892)
"Tenerife. Cochineal Plantations. Excursion up the Peak. Trade-wind Cloud. Zones of Vegetation. Sunset seen above the Clouds. Rabbits and other Animals on ..."

6. The Atlantic Navigator: Being a Nautical Description of the Coasts of France by James Imray and Son (1854)
"The coasts of Tenerife are in general high and steep, with no dangers but ... The principal port of Tenerife is Santa Cruz, situated on the south-east side ..."

7. A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels in by John Pinkerton (1814)
"... yet, fays my author, the languages of all of them, except that of Tenerife, though very different, ..."

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