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

  1. An island in the Mediterranean; largest of the Balearic Islands.
    Coordinate terms: Formentera, Ibiza, Minorca

Translations

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

  1. Mallorca, Majorca (an island in the Mediterranean; largest of the Balearic Islands)
    Hyponyms: Llevant, Migjorn, Palma, Pla de Mallorca, Raiguer, Serra de Tramuntana

Derived terms

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)

  1. Mallorca, Majorca (an island in the Mediterranean; largest of the Balearic Islands)

Declension

German

Alternative forms

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)

  1. Mallorca, Majorca (an island in the Mediterranean; largest of the Balearic Islands)
    Synonyms: (colloquially) Malle, (humorous) 17. Bundesland
  • Mallorquiner (Mallorquinerin)
  • mallorquinisch

Further reading

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

  1. 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)

  1. 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.