MAJORCA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Majorca mean? 

• MAJORCA (noun)
  The noun MAJORCA has 1 sense:

1. the largest of the Balearic Islands

  Familiarity information: MAJORCA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MAJORCA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The largest of the Balearic Islands

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

island (a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water)

Holonyms ("Majorca" is a part of...):

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

Balearic Islands (an archipelago in the western Mediterranean off the eastern coast of Spain)

 Context examples 

“I look to see some handsome joisting,” said Don Pedro, who rode with the King of Majorca upon the right of the prince, while Chandos was on the left.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“And,” added the other, “upon every aid which the wealth and power of Majorca can bestow.”

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“We may keep such questions for our council-chamber. But how now, my brothers of Spain, and of Majorca, what think you of this challenge?”

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“In sooth, yes,” cried the King of Majorca.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The other is Don James, whom we purpose with the aid of God to help to his throne in Majorca.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

We shall then compel the King of Aragon to place our good friend and brother James of Majorca upon the throne.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

That done, said King Pedro, glancing out of the corners of his eyes at the young conqueror, we shall unite the forces of England, of Aquitaine, of Spain and of Majorca.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“Ever the mirror of true chivalry!” exclaimed Pedro, while James of Majorca, frightened at the stern countenance of their all-powerful protector, plucked hard at the mantle of his brother exile.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

We shall go in to the prince anon; but in truth he hath much upon his hands, for what with Pedro, and the King of Majorca, and the King of Navarre, who is no two days of the same mind, and the Gascon barons who are all chaffering for terms like so many hucksters, he hath an uneasy part to play.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

With him rode the King of Majorca, the hostage King of Navarre, and the fierce Don Pedro of Spain, whose pale blue eyes gleamed with a sinister light as they rested once more upon the distant peaks of the land which had disowned him.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)