Majorca
Speech parts
1. Majorca - Noun
2. Majorca - Proper noun
Meaning
the largest of the Balearic Islands
Source: WordNetSynonyms
Examples
Abú Yahya was the last Moorish leader of Majorca.
Cuisine Ensaïmades In 2005, there were over 2,400 restaurants on the island of Majorca according to the Majorcan Tourist Board, ranging from small bars to full restaurants.
He followed this with the conquest of Minorca - until then, an autonomous Muslim state ( Manûrqa ) within the Kingdom of Majorca - on 17 January 1287, the anniversary of which now serves as Minorca's national holiday.
"He also from Majorca caused one Master James, a man skilfull in Navigation, in Maps and Sea Instruments, to be brought into Portugall, there at his charge as it were, to erect a Schoole of Marinership, and to instruct his Countreymen in that Mysterie."
However, more recent research argues that Jehuda Cresques was already dead by 1410, e.g. Jaume Riera i Sans, 1977 and "Mestre Jacome" must have been someone else, identity still indeterminate; Majorca had many skilled Jewish cartographers.
Herbs de Majorca is a herbal liqueur.