Minorca - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
From Late Latin Minorca, Minorica, from Latin Balearis Minor. Compare Majorca.
Minorca
- One of the Balearic Islands of Spain.
- Coordinate terms: Ibiza, Formentera, Majorca
- A breed of poultry.
- ”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.
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 f
- Chinese:
- 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:
- 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:
- Slovak: Menorca f
- Slovene: Menorka f
- Spanish: Menorca (es) f
- Swedish: Menorca (sv)
- Turkish: Minorka
- Ukrainian: Мено́рка f (Menórka)
- 1962: C.Arthur Pearson. Pictorial Poultry-Keeping. Cox & Wyman Ltd (2nd ed.)
Borrowed from Late Latin Minorca, from Latin [īnsula] minor (literally “smaller island”). Compare Maiorca.
Minorca f
- Minorca (one of the Balearic Islands)