Mallorca
English
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Proper noun
Mallorca
- 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
Proper noun
Mallorca f
- Mallorca. Is divided unofficially in the following districts: Llevant, Migjorn, Palma, Pla de Mallorca, Raiguer and Serra de Tramuntana.
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Czech
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Proper noun
Mallorca f
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German
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Pronunciation
Proper noun
Mallorca n
Synonyms
- Malle (colloquially)
Related terms
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
Proper noun
Mallorca f
Tagalog
Etymology
From Spanish
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Mallorca
- a surname from Spanish
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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