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Minorca|mɪˈnɔːkə|
Also 9 Menorca.
[Sp. Menorca.]
The name of the second in size of the Balearic islands. Used attrib., as Minorca-fowl (also Minorca), a much esteemed black variety of the domestic fowl introduced from Spain; Minorca holly (see quot.). Hence Miˈnorcan and the equivalent † Minorquin, † Menorquine [Sp. Menorquín]. a. adj. of or belonging to the island of Minorca; b. n. an inhabitant of Minorca; also, the language of the inhabitants of Minorca.
1760Smollett Contin. Hist. Eng., Geo. II, ann. 1756 I. 327 Five and twenty Minorquin bakers were hired. 1785Gentl. Mag. LV. i. 66 The Minorquins, when they see an Englishman, follow him. 1839Penny Cycl. XV. 97/2 In character and manners, the Menorquines resemble the natives of Mallorca. 1848E. S. Dixon Orn. & Dom. Poultry 251 In North Devon they call the Spanish Fowls ‘Minorcas’. 1853Naturalist III. 225 Ilex Balearica, the Minorca Holly; a very distinct variety of the Common Holly, being readily distinguished by its yellow green leaves. 1882–3Schaff's Encycl. Relig. Knowl. III. 2065 During the British sway, a number of Minorcans and Greeks were introduced by Mr. Turnbull [into Florida]. 1897K. B. B. De La Bere New Poultry Guide ii. 38 Blue Andalusians, black Minorcas, and white Leghorns, all universally admitted to be prolific layers. |