Majorcan
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A person from the island of Majorca in Spain or the Catalan dialect spoken there
- noun
- /ˈmeɪdʒərkən/
:
mallorquín
- During the festival, a Majorcan showed us traditional dances and local cuisine.
Examples
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8 Rascayu (1943) - nobody agreed to find the origin of this song, gravedigger that was banned temporarily in Spain by Franco and popularized by the Majorcan Bonet de San Pedro.
Blog text (2) -
As a proud Majorcan, she shared stories about the island's beautiful beaches.
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The Majorcan dialect has unique phrases that are different from standard Catalan.
Synonyms
Spaniard
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A person from Spain
is from a specific island in Spain rather than the whole country
Catalan
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A language similar to Spanish spoken in Catalonia and nearby parts of Spain
is the island's local dialect form of the larger language
español
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A person from Spain
is a narrower term for someone from one island not the entire country
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Majorcan comes from the island name Majorca, from an old word maior meaning 'greater' or 'bigger', the same idea as the English word major. So a Majorcan is a person from Majorca or the local Catalan way of speaking there.