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 (UK) (file)
Proper noun
Mallorca
- Alternative form of Majorca
Anagrams
- carmalol
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
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /məˈʎɔɾ.kə/
- (Central) IPA(key): /məˈʎɔr.kə/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /maˈʎɔɾ.ka/
Proper noun
Mallorca f
- Mallorca. Is divided unofficially in the following districts: Llevant, Migjorn, Palma, Pla de Mallorca, Raiguer and Serra de Tramuntana.
Derived terms
- mallorquí, mallorquina
- mallorquinisme
- mallorquinista
Czech
Alternative forms
- Mallorka, Malorka
Proper noun
Mallorca f
- Majorca, Mallorca
Derived terms
- Mallorčan
- mallorský
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
Proper noun
Mallorca f
- Majorca, Mallorca
Derived terms
- Palma de Mallorca
Tagalog
Etymology
From Spanish.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /malˈloɾka/, [mɐlˈloɾ.kɐ]
Proper noun
Mallorca
- 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.