Mallorca

English

Alternative forms

• Majorca

Pronunciation

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

  • Audio (UK)

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Proper noun

Mallorca

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

See also

• Ibiza
• Minorca

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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

• mallorquí, mallorquina
• mallorquinisme
• mallorquinista

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Czech

Alternative forms

• Mallorka, Malorka

Proper noun

Mallorca f

1. Majorca, Mallorca

Derived terms

• Mallorčan
• mallorský

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German

Alternative forms

• Mallorka

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈlɔʁka/, /maˈjɔʁka/

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Proper noun

Mallorca n

1. Mallorca/Majorca (island)

Synonyms

• Malle (colloquially)

Related terms

• Mallorquiner (Mallorquinerin)
• mallorquinisch

Further reading

• “Mallorca” in Duden online

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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

Derived terms

• Palma de Mallorca

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Tagalog

Etymology

From Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /malˈloɾka/, [mɐlˈloɾkɐ]

Proper noun

Mallorca

1. A surname​.

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.