Mallorca

English

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /məˈljɔɹ.kə/, /məˈjɔɹ.kə/, /maɪˈɔɹ.kə/

Proper noun

Mallorca

  1. The main island of the Balearic Islands (Spain) in the Mediterranean Sea.

See also


Catalan

Etymology

From Late Latin Maiorica, from Latin maior (larger), because the island is larger than Menorca. The change from -i- to -ll- is a hypercorrection against the yeísmo of the Mallorcan dialect of Catalan.

Pronunciation

  • (Balearic) IPA(key): /məˈʎɔɾ.kə/
  • (Central) IPA(key): /məˈʎɔr.kə/
  • (Valencian) IPA(key): /maˈʎɔɾ.ka/

Proper noun

Mallorca f

  1. Mallorca. Is divided unofficially in the following districts: Llevant, Migjorn, Palma, Pla de Mallorca, Raiguer and Serra de Tramuntana.

Derived terms


Czech

Alternative forms

Proper noun

Mallorca f

  1. Majorca, Mallorca

Derived terms


German

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maˈlɔʁka/, /maˈjɔʁka/
  • (file)

Proper noun

Mallorca n

  1. Mallorca/Majorca (island)

Synonyms

  • Mallorquiner (Mallorquinerin)
  • mallorquinisch

Further reading


Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish Mayorca, from Late Latin Maiorica, from Latin maior (larger), because the island is larger than Minorca.

Pronunciation

  • (Castilian) IPA(key): /maˈʎorka/
  • (Latin America) IPA(key): /maˈɟ͡ʝorka/, [maˈʝorka]

Proper noun

Mallorca f

  1. Majorca, Mallorca

Tagalog

Etymology

From Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /maˈljoɾka/

Proper noun

Mallorca

  1. A surname.

Statistics

According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Mallorca is the 1,172st most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 8,507 individuals.

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