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Minorca
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minorca
English
Alternative forms
en Menorca
Etymology
From en la-lat Minorca, la Minorica, from en la Balearis Minor. Compare en Majorca.
Pronunciation
en /mɪˈnɔː(ɹ)kə/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Minorca.wav Southern England
Proper noun
en Q52636en island of the acomm/Balearic Islands c/Spain east of Mallorca.
en Ibiza Formentera Mallorca
Derived terms
en Minorcan
Translations
An island of Spain
Arabic: ar مَنُورَقَة f
Egyptian Arabic: arz مينوركا f minurka
Armenian: hy Մենորկա
Basque: eu Menorca
Belarusian: be Менорка f, be Мінорка f
Bulgarian: bg Менорка f
Catalan: ca Menorca f
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 梅諾卡島 Méinuòkǎ dǎo
Czech: cs Menorca f
Danish: da Menorca
Dutch: nl Minorca
Esperanto: eo Minorko
Estonian: et Menorca
Finnish: fi Menorca
French: fr Minorque f
Galician: gl Menorca f
Georgian: ka მენორკა
German: de Menorca n
Greek: el Μινόρκα f
Hebrew: he מנורקה f
Hungarian: hu Menorca
Irish: ga Mionarca m
Italian: it Minorca f
Japanese: ja メノルカ島 menorukatō, ja ミノルカ島 minorukatō
Korean: ko 메노르카 섬
Latin: la Balearis Minor
Latvian: lv Menorka f
Lithuanian: lt Menorka f
Macedonian: mk Менорка f
Maltese: mt Minorka
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb Menorca f
Nynorsk: nn Menorca f
Occitan: oc Menòrca f
Old Norse: non Manork f
Persian: fa مینورکا minurkâ
Polish: pl Minorka f
Portuguese: pt Minorca f, pt Menorca f
Romanian: ro Menorca f
Russian: ru Мено́рка f, ru Мино́рка f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh Менорка f
Latin: sh Menorca f
Sicilian: scn Minorca f
Slovak: sk Menorca f
Slovene: sl Menorka f
Spanish: es Menorca f
Swedish: sv Menorca
Turkish: tr Minorka
Ukrainian: uk Мено́рка f
Noun
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
Anagrams
en acimnor Marcion Romanic maricon moracin
en Chickens
en exonyms
Latin
Proper noun
la proper noun
la Minorca Q52636
Descendants
ca Menorca
en Minorca
fr Minorque
pt Minorca
es Menorca
Portuguese
Alternative forms
pt Menorca
Etymology
pt la-lat Minorca, from pt la [īnsula] minor smaller island. Compare en Maiorca.
Pronunciation
Minórca
Proper noun
f
pt Minorca Q52636
pt exonyms