Tene

Icelandic

Etymology

Shortening of Tenerife.

Proper noun

Tene n (proper noun, indeclinable)

  1. (colloquial) Tenerife (an island in the Canary Islands, Spain)
    Það eru ódýr flug til Tene þessa dagana. ― There are some cheap flights available to Tenerife these days.
    Kallinn loksins mættur til Tene. ― I have finally made it to Tenerife!
    • 2020 February 26, Birna Dröfn Jónasdóttir, “Bóluefni ekki væntanlegt á komandi árum”, in Frettablaðið‎[1]:
      „Það hefur bara komið upp eitt tilfelli þarna og á meðan þau eru ekki fleiri þá erum við ekki að fara að setja allt Tenerife undir,“ segir hann.
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Rarotongan

Etymology

Borrowed from English Sydney.

Proper noun

Tene

  1. Sydney (a city in New South Wales, Australia)

References

“Tene” in Cook Islands Languages, 2016.

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