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TENERIFE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Tenerife mean? 

TENERIFE (noun)
  The noun TENERIFE has 1 sense:

1. a Spanish island in the Atlantic off the northwestern coast of Africa; the largest of the Canary Islandsplay

  Familiarity information: TENERIFE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


TENERIFE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

island (a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water)

Holonyms ("Tenerife" is a part of...):

Canaries; Canary Islands (a group of mountainous islands in the Atlantic off the northwest coast of Africa forming Spanish provinces)

Atlantic; Atlantic Ocean (the 2nd largest ocean; separates North and South America on the west from Europe and Africa on the east)


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