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Minorca

See also: minorca

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From Late Latin Minorca, Minorica, from Latin Balearis Minor. Compare Majorca.

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Minorca

  1. One of the Balearic Islands of Spain.
    Coordinate terms: Ibiza, Formentera, Majorca
  2. 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.

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  • 1962: C.Arthur Pearson. Pictorial Poultry-Keeping. Cox & Wyman Ltd (2nd ed.)

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Late Latin Minorca, from Latin [īnsula] minor (literally “smaller island”). Compare Maiorca.

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Minorca f

  1. Minorca (one of the Balearic Islands)
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