Tenerife

== English == === Alternative forms === Teneriffe (dated) === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish Tenerife, from Guanche. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌtɛnəˈɹiːf/ 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 ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== == 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