Tenerife.
An island of the Canary Islands, the largest of the islands. Capital: Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Meaning & usage
An island of the Canary Islands, the largest of the islands. Capital: Santa Cruz de Tenerife
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".
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Spanish Tenerife, from Guanche.
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