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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 Islands
Familiarity information: TENERIFE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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