Minorca

See also: minorca

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɪˈnɔː(ɹ)kə/
    • Audio (Southern England):(file)

Proper noun

Minorca

  2. An island of the Balearic Islands, Spain, east of Mallorca.
    Coordinate terms: Ibiza, Formentera, Mallorca

Translations

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

Anagrams

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 
  • (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/

Proper noun

Minorca f

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