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/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
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.
Proper noun
Mallorca f
Derived terms
- mallorquí, mallorquina
- mallorquinisme
- mallorquinista
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈmalorka]
- IPA(key): [ˈmajorka]
- IPA(key): [ˈmaljorka]
Declension
Declension of Mallorca (sg-only hard feminine)
singular | |
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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 (the largest island of the Balearic Islands of Spain)
- 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): (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
Derived terms
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /malˈjoɾka/ [mɐlˈjoɾ.kɐ]
- Rhymes: -oɾka
- Syllabification: Mal‧lor‧ca
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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