The native term guanachinet literally translated means "person of Tenerife" (from Guan = person and Achinet = Tenerife). It was modified, according to Juan Núñez de la Peña, by the Castilians into "Guanches".
What is the nationality of Tenerife?
Out of the total, the 80.44% of its inhabitants is Spanish from birth, with 72.63% born on the Canary Islands and 7.82% born in another Spanish territory.
What is the other name for Tenerife?
The ancient Romans were another people who knew and mapped the Canary Islands. They called Tenerife Nivaria or Ninguaria. This is linked to the perennial snow that could be seen on the peak of Mount Teide and which was a relevant element in relation to the rest of the islands of the archipelago.
What are you called if you are from Tenerife?
What are people from Canary Islands called?
Canary Islanders, or Canarians (Spanish: canarios), are the people of the Canary Islands, an autonomous community of Spain near the coast of northwest Africa.
What Spanish is spoken in Tenerife?
Canarian Spanish or Canary Island Spanish (Spanish terms in descending order of frequency: español de Canarias, español canario, habla canaria, or dialecto canario) is a variant of standard Spanish spoken in the Canary Islands by the Canary Islanders.
What is the Spanish word for Tenerife?
Tenerife. / (ˌtɛnəˈriːf, Spanish teneˈrife) / noun. a Spanish island in the Atlantic, off the NW coast of Africa: the largest of the Canary Islands; volcanic and mountainous; tourism and agriculture. Capital: Santa Cruz.
What language do Tenerife people speak?
Canarian SpanishCanarian Spanish or Canary Island Spanish (Spanish terms in descending order of frequency: español de Canarias, español canario, habla canaria, or dialecto canario) is a variant of standard Spanish spoken in the Canary Islands by the Canary Islanders.