Tenerife
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- proper noun
- Beautiful Tenerife catches everyone's attractions with its sun-kissed beaches and fantastic weather.
- Tenerife, Spain
- Cruz de Tenerife
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Watch on YouTubeIt was, I had three or four months a year in Tenerife.
- It was, I had three or four months a year in Tenerife.
- I will say I think you'll find that Dubai is becoming the new Tenerife.
- They know someone that's got this or they could do that, you know, and even when I was over in Tenerife, straight away I was in with.
Examples
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In the photos on these pages, the band members celebrate Carnival in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands.
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The Cosmoneta mainly tours the island of Tenerife, but its funds include allocations to travel all over the seven Canary Islands.
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"The honeymoon is in Tenerife."
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Another group combined observations from Hawaii and Tenerife, Spain.
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The golden sandy beaches of Tenerife offer relaxation, adventure, and good times for millions of tourists visiting here every year.
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The present work studies the effect of deforestation on soil water conservation in a pine forest in Tenerife (Canary Islands, Spain).
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For 20 years, Martel lived on Tenerife, the largest of the Canary Islands, in an apartment near the sea.
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In the far distance, we could see the silent, snow-capped volcano, Teide, on the island of Tenerife.
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Etymology
Tenerife probably comes from old local Guanche words tene ('mountain') and ife ('white'), so it originally meant 'white mountain'. That's a helpful image because the island's tall volcano, Mount Teide, sometimes wears snow, which makes the name easy to remember.