Mallorca

Alternative forms

• Majorca

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Mallorca

1. The main island of the Balearic Islands (Spain) in the Mediterranean Sea.

Etymology

From Late Latin Maiorica, from Latin maior (“larger”), because the island is larger than Menorca.

Proper noun

Mallorca f

1. Mallorca. Is divided unofficially in the following districts: Llevant, Migjorn, Palma, Pla de Mallorca, Raiguer and Serra de Tramuntana.

Alternative forms

• Mallorka, Malorka

Proper noun

Mallorca f

1. Majorca, Mallorca

Alternative forms

• Mallorka

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈlɔʁka/, /maˈjɔʁka/

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Proper noun

Mallorca n

1. Mallorca/Majorca (island)

Further reading

• Mallorca in Duden online

Etymology

From Old Spanish Mayorca, from Late Latin Maiorica, from Latin maior (“larger”), because the island is larger than Menorca.

Proper noun

Mallorca f

1. Majorca, Mallorca

Etymology

From Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ma.ljoɾ.ka/, [ma.ljor.kxa]

Proper noun

Mallorca

1. A surname​.

Statistics

According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Mallorca is the 1,172^st most common surname in the Philippines, occurring at 8,507 individuals.