Mallorca

English

Etymology

From Spanish Mallorca or Catalan Mallorca, from Late Latin Maiorica, ultimately from Latin maior.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Mallorca

  1. Alternative form of Majorca

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
    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 (related adjective mallorský, demonym Mallorčan, female demonym Mallorčanka)

  1. Majorca, Mallorca

Declension

German

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maˈjɔʁka/, (also common, but chiefly uneducated) /maˈlɔʁka/
  • (file)

Proper noun

Mallorca n (proper noun, genitive Mallorcas or (optionally with an article) Mallorca)

  1. Mallorca, Majorca (the largest island of the Balearic Islands of Spain)
    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): (most of Spain and Latin America) /maˈʝoɾka/ [maˈʝoɾ.ka]
  • IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /maˈʎoɾka/ [maˈʎoɾ.ka]
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /maˈʃoɾka/ [maˈʃoɾ.ka]
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /maˈʒoɾka/ [maˈʒoɾ.ka]

  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -oɾka
  • Syllabification: Ma‧llor‧ca

Proper noun

Mallorca f

  1. Majorca, Mallorca

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 1,172st most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 8,507 individuals.

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