# Tenerife

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˌtɛnəˈɹiːf/ · frequency rank #33,451

## Definitions
1. An island of the Canary Islands, the largest of the islands. Capital: Santa Cruz de Tenerife
2. 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".

## Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish Tenerife, from Guanche.

## Common misspellings (11)
`etnerife`, `teenrife`, `teneirfe`, `tenerfie`, `tenerief`, `teneriffe`, `tenerrife`, `tennerife`, `tenreife`, `tneerife`, `ttenerife`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/tenerife