BALEARIC ISLANDS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Balearic Islands mean? 

• BALEARIC ISLANDS (noun)
  The noun BALEARIC ISLANDS has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: BALEARIC ISLANDS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BALEARIC ISLANDS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An archipelago in the western Mediterranean off the eastern coast of Spain

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

archipelago (a group of many islands in a large body of water)

Meronyms (parts of "Balearic Islands"):

Majorca (the largest of the Balearic Islands)

Holonyms ("Balearic Islands" is a part of...):

Espana; Kingdom of Spain; Spain (a parliamentary monarchy in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula; a former colonial power)

 Context examples 

There are no precedents for these kinds of social practices in the Iberian Peninsula and they are unique to the Balearic Islands.

(Hair was dyed for first time as part of funeral rituals, University of Granada)