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Definition: TENERIFFE |
TENERIFFENoun1. A white wine resembling Madeira in taste, but more tart, produced in Teneriffe, one of the Canary Islands; -- called also Vidonia. |
Date "TENERIFFE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1719. (references) |
"TENERIFFE" is a common misspelling or typo for: Tenerife. |
Crosswords: TENERIFFE |
| English words defined with "TENERIFFE": Tree sorrel ♦ Vidonia. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "TENERIFFE": Teneriffe lace. (references) |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
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 | In: "Voyage au pole sud et dans l'Oceanie ....." by the French ships ASTROLABE and ZELEE under the command of Dumont D'Urville. Plate 1. La Ville de Laguna. Ile de Teneriffe. Library Call Number Q115 .D9 1842.Credit: Treasures of the Library. |  | A giant squid observed off Teneriffe in November 1861. Perhaps the inspiration for Jules Vernes' "20,000 Leagues under the Sea." In: "From the Surface to the Bottom of the Sea" by H. Bouree, 1912, Fig. 108. P. 115. Library Call Number 525.8 B77.Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |
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Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | Germany renounces on her own behalf and on behalf of her nationals in favour of the Principal Allied and Associated Powers all rights, titles or privileges of whatever nature in the submarine cables set out below, or in any portions thereof: Emden-vigo: from the Straits of Dover to off vigo; Emden-Brest: from off Cherbourg to Brest; Emden-Teneriffe: from off Dunkirk to off Teneriffe; Emden-Azores (1): from the Straits of Dover to Fayal; Emden-Azores (2): from the Straits of Dover to Fayal; Azores-New York (1): from Fayal to New York; Azores-New York (2): from Fayal to the longitude of Halifax, Teneriffe-Monrovia: from off Teneriffe to off Monrovia; Monrovia-Lome: from about lat.: 2° 30' N.; long.: 7° 40' W. of Greenwich: to about lat.: 2° 20' N.; long.: 5° 30, W. of Greenwich; and from about lat.: 3° 48' N.; long.:0° 00', to Lome; Lome-Duala: from Lome to Duala; Monrovia-Pernambuco: from off Monrovia to off Pernambuco; Constantinople-Constanza: from Constantinople to Constanza; Yap-Shanghai, Yap-Guam, and Yap-Menado (Celebes): from Yap Island to Shanghai, from Yap Island to Guam Island, and from Yap Island to Menado. (reference) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "TENERIFFE" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "TENERIFFE" is used about 2 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 100% | 2 | 245,945 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "TENERIFFE": Teneriffe lace. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
teneriffe | 37 |
lace teneriffe | 4 |
embroidery teneriffe | 4 |
america teneriffe | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "TENERIFFE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Danish | teneriffaknipling (Teneriffe lace). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Dutch | teneriffekant (Teneriffe lace). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | dentelle teneriffe (Teneriffe lace). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | Teneriffas/pitze (Teneriffe lace). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | δαντÎλλα "Teneriffe". (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | pizzo di Teneriffa (Teneriffe lace). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | eneriffetay renda de Tenerife (Teneriffe lace). (various references) encaje de Tenerife (Teneriffe lace). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-e-f-f-i-n-r-t" | |
-1 letter: efferent. | |
-2 letters: fifteen, teenier. | |
-3 letters: effete, entire, entree, eterne, ferine, niffer, refine, retene, retine, teener, triene. | |
-4 letters: eerie, enter, feint, fifer, finer, inert, infer, inter, niter, nitre, refit, rente, retie, terne, treen, trine. | |
-5 letters: erne, feet, fere, fern, fete, fief, fife, fine, fire, firn, free, fret, frit, neif, nite, reef, reft, reif, rein, rent, rete, rife, riff, rift, rite, teen, teff, tern, tier, tiff, tine, tire, tree, tref. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-e-e-f-f-i-n-r-t" | |
+3 letters: differentiae, effronteries. | |
+4 letters: differentiate, differentness. | |
+5 letters: differentiable, differentiated, differentiates, hyperefficient, superefficient. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)54 45 4E 45 52 49 46 46 45 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)- . -. . .-. .. ..-. ..-. . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010100 01000101 01001110 01000101 01010010 01001001 01000110 01000110 01000101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)T E N E R I F F E |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0054 0045 004E 0045 0052 0049 0046 0046 0045 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)543948395243404039 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Images: Photo Album | 5. Quotations: Historic 6. Usage Frequency 7. Expressions 8. Expressions: Internet | 9. Translations: Modern 10. Anagrams 11. Orthography 12. Bibliography |
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