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Definition of Balearic islands

1. Noun. An archipelago in the western Mediterranean off the eastern coast of Spain.

Definition of Balearic islands

1. Proper noun. A group of Mediterranean islands of the east coast of Spain, formed by Mallorca, Minorca, Ibiza and Formentera. ¹

2. Proper noun. Catalan-speaking region formed by these islands that now is an autonomous communty of Spain. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Balearic Islands

Literary usage of Balearic islands

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

1. Spain and Portugal: Handbook for Travellers by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1908)
"Excursion to the balearic islands. The balearic islands are reached Ъу the ... a. the balearic islands proper, comprising Majorca or Mallorca (1350 sq. ..."

2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"... conquered the balearic islands. Pisa supported the emperors at an early date, and Henry IV, in 1084, confirmed its statutes and its maritime rights. ..."

3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"The administration of the balearic islands differs in no respect from that of ... Of the origin of the early inhabitants of the balearic islands nothing is ..."

4. Report of the Annual Meeting (1880)
"On an Examination of the balearic islands. By Dr. PHENE\ F.8.A., FBGS The author gave a general description of the several islands in the group, ..."

5. Rude Stone Monuments in All Countries: Their Age and Uses by James Fergusson (1872)
"... are found only in the balearic islands. There may be some connection between the two last groups, but even then with certain local peculiarities ..."

6. Universal Geography: Or a Description of All Parts of the World, on a New by Conrad Malte-Brun (1831)
"If, as every appearance leads us to believe, Africa and Spain were once united, the balearic islands must have been part of the Peninsula. ..."

7. Europe by George Goudie Chisholm (1899)
"The balearic islands From Cape de la Nao, half-way between Valencia and Alicante, a subterranean ridge stretches out into the Mediterranean in a north-east ..."

8. A Manual of Ancient Geography by Heinrich Kiepert, George Augustin Macmillan (1881)
"The balearic islands. — The name usually applied by the Greeks to this group of islands is Tv/ov 770-1 at, though what the word means or to what language it ..."

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