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Definition of Tenerife
1. Noun. A Spanish island in the Atlantic off the northwestern coast of Africa; the largest of the Canary Islands.
Definition of Tenerife
1. Proper noun. The largest of the seven Canary Islands. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tenerife
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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