Majorca

English

Alternative forms

• Mallorca

Etymology

From Latin īnsula maior (“larger island”); the intermediate form was *Maiōrica.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /məˈjɔɹ.kə/, /məˈd͡ʒɔɹ.kə/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /məˈjɔː.kə/, /məˈd͡ʒɔː.kə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Proper noun

Majorca

1. An island in the Mediterranean; largest of the Balearic Islands.

   Coordinate terms: Formentera, Ibiza, Minorca

Derived terms

• Majorcan

Translations

island

• Arabic: مَيُورَقَة f (mayūraqa)

  Egyptian Arabic: مايوركا f (mayurka)

  Hijazi Arabic: ميورقة f (mayōrga), مايوركا f (māyōrka)

• Armenian: Մալյորկա (Malyorka)
• Azerbaijani: Malyorka
• Basque: Mallorca
• Belarusian: Мальёрка f (Malʹjórka), Маёрка f (Majórka)
• Bulgarian: Майорка f (Majorka)
• Catalan: Mallorca (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 馬略卡島／马略卡岛 (Mǎ'èkǎ dǎo)

• Czech: Mallorca (cs) f, Malorka f
• Danish: Mallorca
• Dutch: Majorca
• Esperanto: Majorko
• Estonian: Mallorca
• Finnish: Mallorca (fi)
• French: Majorque (fr) f
• Galician: Mallorca (gl) f
• Georgian: მალიორკა (maliorḳa)
• German: Mallorca (de) n
• Greek: Μαγιόρκα (Magiórka)
• Hebrew: מיורקה f
• Hungarian: Mallorca (hu)
• Irish: Mallarca m
• Italian: Maiorca (it) f
• Japanese: マジョルカ島 (Majoruka-tō), マヨルカ島 (Mayoruka-tō)
• Korean: 마조르카 (Majoreuka), 마요르카 (Mayoreuka)
• Latin: Balearis Maior
• Latvian: Maļorka f
• Lithuanian: Maljorka f
• Macedonian: Мајо́рка f (Majórka)
• Maltese: Majorka
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Mallorca f

  Nynorsk: Mallorca f

• Occitan: Malhòrca f
• Persian: مایورکا (mâyurkâ)
• Polish: Majorka (pl) f
• Portuguese: Maiorca (pt) f
• Romanian: Mallorca f
• Russian: Майо́рка f (Majórka)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Маљорка f, Мајорка f

  Roman: Maljorka f, Mallorca f

• Slovak: Malorka f
• Slovene: Majorka f
• Spanish: Mallorca (es) f
• Swedish: Mallorca (sv)
• Turkish: Mayorka
• Ukrainian: Мальо́рка f (Malʹórka), Майо́рка (uk) f (Majórka)

Further reading

• Mallorca on Wikipedia.Wikipedia