Mallorca
English
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /məˈljɔɹ.kə/, /məˈjɔɹ.kə/, /maɪˈɔɹ.kə/
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 yeísmo of the Mallorcan dialect of Catalan.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Mallorca f
Czech
German
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /maˈlɔʁka/, /maˈjɔʁka/
Audio (file)
Synonyms
- Malle (colloquially)
Related terms
- Mallorquiner (Mallorquinerin)
- mallorquinisch
Spanish
Etymology
From Old Spanish Mayorca, from Late Latin Maiorica, from Latin maior (“larger”), because the island is larger than Minorca.
Pronunciation
- (Castilian) IPA(key): /maˈʎorka/
- (Latin America) IPA(key): /maˈɟ͡ʝorka/, [maˈʝorka]
Tagalog
Etymology
From Spanish
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /maˈljoɾka/
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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