Mallorca
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Spanish and Catalan Mallorca, from Late Latin Maiorica, ultimately from Latin maior.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /məˈljɔɹ.kə/, /məˈjɔɹ.kə/, /maɪˈɔɹ.kə/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Proper noun
Mallorca
- An island in the Mediterranean; largest of the Balearic Islands.
- Coordinate terms: Formentera, Ibiza, Minorca
Translations
island
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Anagrams
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
Proper noun
Mallorca f
- Mallorca, Majorca (an island in the Mediterranean; largest of the Balearic Islands)
Derived terms
- mallorquí, mallorquina
- mallorquinisme
- mallorquinista
Czech
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈmalorka]
- IPA(key): [ˈmajorka]
- IPA(key): [ˈmaljorka]
Proper noun
Mallorca f (relational adjective mallorský, demonym Mallorčan, female demonym Mallorčanka)
- Mallorca, Majorca (an island in the Mediterranean; largest of the Balearic Islands)
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: (file)
Proper noun
Mallorca n (proper noun, genitive Mallorcas or (optionally with an article) Mallorca)
- Mallorca, Majorca (an island in the Mediterranean; largest of the Balearic Islands)
- 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] (most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /maˈʎoɾka/ [maˈʎoɾ.ka] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /maˈʃoɾka/ [maˈʃoɾ.ka] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /maˈʒoɾka/ [maˈʒoɾ.ka] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
Audio (Spain): (file) - Rhymes: -oɾka
- Syllabification: Ma‧llor‧ca
Proper noun
Mallorca f
- Mallorca, Majorca (an island in the Mediterranean; largest of the Balearic Islands)
Derived terms
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)
- a surname from Spanish
Statistics
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Mallorca is the 889th most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 10,596 individuals.