Mallorca

English

Etymology

From Spanish Mallorca or Catalan Mallorca, from Late Latin Maiorica, ultimately from Latin maior.

Pronunciation

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

  • Audio (Southern England):

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Proper noun

Mallorca

1. Alternative form of Majorca

Anagrams

• carmalol

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 iodització of the Mallorcan dialect of Catalan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [məˈʎɔr.kə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [maˈʎɔɾ.ka]

Proper noun

Mallorca f

1. Mallorca

   Hyponyms: Llevant, Migjorn, Palma, Pla de Mallorca, Raiguer, Serra de Tramuntana

Derived terms

• mallorquí, mallorquina
• mallorquinisme
• mallorquinista

Czech

Alternative forms

• Mallorka, Malorka

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmalorka]
• IPA^(key): [ˈmajorka]
• IPA^(key): [ˈmaljorka]

Proper noun

Mallorca f (related adjective mallorský, demonym Mallorčan, female demonym Mallorčanka)

1. Majorca, Mallorca

Declension

Declension of Mallorca (sg-only hard feminine)

	singular
nominative	Mallorca
genitive	Mallorcy, Mallorky
dative	Mallorce
accusative	Mallorcu, Mallorku
vocative	Mallorco, Mallorko
locative	Mallorce
instrumental	Mallorcou, Mallorkou

German

Alternative forms

• Mallorka (rare)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈjɔʁka/, (also common, but chiefly uneducated) /maˈlɔʁka/

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Mallorca n (proper noun, genitive Mallorcas or (optionally with an article) Mallorca)

1. Mallorca, Majorca (the largest island of the Balearic Islands of Spain)

   Synonyms: (colloquially) Malle, (humorous) 17. Bundesland

Related terms

• Mallorquiner (Mallorquinerin)
• mallorquinisch

Further reading

• “Mallorca” in Duden online

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /maˈʝoɾka/ [maˈʝoɾ.ka]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /maˈʝoɾka/ [maˈʝoɾ.ka]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /maˈʎoɾka/ [maˈʎoɾ.ka]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /maˈʃoɾka/ [maˈʃoɾ.ka]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /maˈʒoɾka/ [maˈʒoɾ.ka]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -oɾka
• Syllabification: Ma‧llor‧ca

Proper noun

Mallorca f

1. Majorca, Mallorca

Derived terms

• Palma de Mallorca

 

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /malˈjoɾka/ [mɐlˈjoɾ.kɐ]
• Rhymes: -oɾka
• Syllabification: Mal‧lor‧ca

Proper noun

Mallorca (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜎ᜔ᜌᜓᜇ᜔ᜃ)

1. a surname from Spanish

Statistics

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