Baleares

• Baliārēs

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Βᾰλῐᾱρεῖς (Bălĭāreîs), of uncertain ultimate origin. Possibly from βάλλω (bállō, “I launch”); Strabo suggests a Phoenician origin.^[1] More at Balearic.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ba.ɫeˈaː.reːs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ba.leˈaː.res]

Baleārēs m pl (genitive Baleārium); third declension

1. Balearic Islands (an archipelago, autonomous community, and province off the east coast of Spain, formed by the four major islands Mallorca, Minorca, Ibiza, and Formentera and several smaller islands)
2. the inhabitants of the Balearic Islands

Third-declension noun (i-stem), plural only.

• Baliāricus
• Baliāris

• “Bălĭāres”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Baleares in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Baleares”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Borrowed from Latin Baleārēs.

• Homophone: baleares
• Hyphenation: Ba‧le‧a‧res

Baleares f pl (plural only)

1. Balearic Islands (an archipelago, autonomous community, and province off the east coast of Spain, formed by the four major islands Mallorca, Minorca, Ibiza, and Formentera and several smaller islands)

   Synonym: Ilhas Baleares

• IPA^(key): /baleˈaɾes/ [ba.leˈa.ɾes]
• Rhymes: -aɾes
• Syllabification: Ba‧le‧a‧res

Baleares f pl (plural only)

1. synonym of Islas Baleares: Balearic Islands (an archipelago, autonomous community, and province off the east coast of Spain, formed by the four major islands Mallorca, Minorca, Ibiza, and Formentera and several smaller islands)