Minorca

See also: minorca

English

Alternative forms

• Menorca

Etymology

From Late Latin Minorca, Minorica, from Latin Balearis Minor. Compare Majorca.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɪˈnɔː(ɹ)kə/

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Proper noun

Minorca

2. An island of the Balearic Islands, Spain, east of Mallorca.

   Coordinate terms: Ibiza, Formentera, Mallorca

Translations

An island of Spain

• Arabic: مَنُورَقَة f (manūraqa)

  Egyptian Arabic: مينوركا f (minurka)

• Armenian: Մենորկա (Menorka)
• Basque: Menorca
• Belarusian: Менорка f (Mjenórka), Мінорка f (Minórka)
• Bulgarian: Менорка f (Menorka)
• Catalan: Menorca (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 梅諾卡島 / 梅诺卡岛 (Méinuòkǎ dǎo)

• Czech: Menorca (cs) f
• Danish: Menorca
• Dutch: Minorca
• Esperanto: Minorko
• Estonian: Menorca
• Finnish: Menorca
• French: Minorque (fr) f
• Galician: Menorca (gl) f
• Georgian: მენორკა (menorḳa)
• German: Menorca (de) n
• Greek: Μινόρκα f (Minórka)
• Hebrew: מנורקה f
• Hungarian: Menorca (hu)
• Irish: Mionarca m
• Italian: Minorca f
• Japanese: メノルカ島 (menorukatō), ミノルカ島 (minorukatō)
• Korean: 메노르카 섬 (menoreuka seom)
• Latin: Balearis Minor
• Latvian: Menorka f
• Lithuanian: Menorka f
• Macedonian: Менорка f (Menorka)
• Maltese: Minorka
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Menorca f

  Nynorsk: Menorca f

• Occitan: Menòrca f
• Old Norse: Manork f
• Persian: مینورکا (fa) (minurkâ)
• Polish: Minorka (pl) f
• Portuguese: Minorca (pt) f, Menorca f
• Romanian: Menorca f
• Russian: Мено́рка f (Menórka), Мино́рка f (Minórka)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Менорка f

  Roman: Menorca f

• Slovak: Menorca f
• Slovene: Menorka f
• Spanish: Menorca (es) f
• Swedish: Menorca (sv)
• Turkish: Minorka
• Ukrainian: Мено́рка f (Menórka)

Noun

Minorca (plural Minorcas)

1. A domestic chicken of a certain breed originating on the island of Menorca.
   • ”Yet another breed which has fallen from grace, more through unwise breeding than any fault of its own is the Minorca. See ref. p.43.

References

• 1962: C.Arthur Pearson. Pictorial Poultry-Keeping. Cox & Wyman Ltd (2nd ed.)

Further reading

• Menorca on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Marcion, Romanic, maricon, moracin

Latin

Proper noun

Minorca

1. Minorca (an island of the Balearic Islands, Spain, east of Mallorca)

Descendants

• Catalan: Menorca
• English: Minorca
• French: Minorque
• Portuguese: Minorca
• Spanish: Menorca

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Menorca

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin Minorca, from Latin [īnsula] minor (literally “smaller island”). Compare Maiorca.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /miˈnɔʁ.kɐ/ [miˈnɔh.kɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /miˈnɔʁ.kɐ/ [miˈnɔh.kɐ]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /miˈnɔɾ.kɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /miˈnɔʁ.kɐ/ [miˈnɔχ.kɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /miˈnɔɻ.ka/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /miˈnɔɾ.kɐ/

Proper noun

Minorca f

1. Minorca (an island of the Balearic Islands, Spain, east of Mallorca)