Definition of Majorca

1. Noun. The largest of the Balearic Islands.

Group relationships: Espana, Kingdom Of Spain, Spain, Balearic Islands
Generic synonyms: Island

Definition of Majorca

1. Proper noun. Largest of the Balearic Islands. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Majorca

Maitreyan
Maj
Maja
Maja squinado
Majesty
Majidae
Majocchi's disease
Majocchi granulomas
Major League Baseball
Major Mitchell
Major Mitchell's cockatoo
Major Mitchell's cockatoos
Majorana
Majorana hortensis
Majorana particle
Majorca
Majorcan
Majorcans
Majorism
Majuro
Makah
Makaira
Makaira albida
Makaira marlina
Makaira mazara
Makaira mitsukurii
Makaira nigricans
Makalu
Makataimeshekiakiak

Literary usage of Majorca

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Rise of the Spanish Empire in the Old World and in the New by Roger Bigelow Merriman (1918)
"He put an end to the separate existence of the kingdom of majorca, and incorporated the greater part of it in his own domains. He kept alive the power of ..."

2. The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine by Nathaniel Lloyd and Company (1901)
"Albufera, majorca, April, 1900 (Thomas and Pocock). thoracica, Schum., ... Palma, majorca, outside Castle Bellver, Mareli 25th, 1900 (Poulton). ..."

3. History of Spain and Portugal by Samuel Astley Durham (1833)
"Having invented a plot by which he pretended that his liberty was in danger,—that his person was to be seized, and conveyed to majorca,—he used it as a ..."

4. History of Spain and Portugal by Samuel Astley Durham (1854)
"Having invented a plot by which he pretended that his liberty was in danger,—that his person was to be seized, and conveyed to majorca,—he used it as a ..."

5. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"'—The history of this ware in its was first copied from certain plates brought by the Pisans from the island of Majolica (or majorca) in the 12th century. ..."

6. Queen Joanna I. of Naples, Sicily, and Jerusalem, Countess of Provence by Welbore St. Clair Baddeley (1893)
"When the sun had risen, they discovered the King of majorca, with his army in battle array. I (Zurita) find in an old account of that day's events, ..."

7. Universal Geography: Or a Description of All Parts of the World, on a New by Conrad Malte-Brun (1831)
"It might be inferred from their ancient names, that these islands were once covered with forests. majorca or Mallorca is the ..."

8. Chronicles of England, France, Spain, and the Adjoining Countries,: From the by Jean Froissart, Thomas Johnes (1862)
"We will now say something of the king of majorca. CHAPTER CCC. THE KINO OP majorca ... You have before heard how James, king of majorca, was taken at ..."

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