† Baleareadj.
Obsolete.
= Balearic adj. at Derivatives.
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1482 W. Caxton tr. Higden's Prolicionycion i. xxx. f. 60v Thenne estward from these pylers and from the Ilond gades ben the Ilondes baleares that ben called maiorica and minorica.
1596 W. Lambarde Perambulation of Kent (rev. ed.) 332 The Iles, named Baleares.
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 60 The two Baleare Islands.
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Baleˈarian adj. and n.
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1619 E. M. Bolton tr. Florus Rom. Hist. iii. vi. 286 The Tuscan Sea..[and] the Balearian.
1807 J. Robinson Archæol. Græca iv. iv. 348 The Achaians..are thought by some to have excelled the Balearians.
Balearic adj. 
/bæliːˈærɪk/ [Latin Baleāricus] of or pertaining to the islands Majorca, Minorca, Iviça, etc. (called by the Romans Baleares insulæ), in the Mediterranean Sea.
/bæliːˈærɪk/ [Latin Baleāricus] of or pertaining to the islands Majorca, Minorca, Iviça, etc. (called by the Romans Baleares insulæ), in the Mediterranean Sea.ΚΠ
1661 [see Balearic crane n.].
Balearic crane n. the Crowned Crane.
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the world > animals > birds > order Gruiformes > [noun] > family Gruidae (cranes) > genus Balearica or crowned crane
Balearic crane1661
sea peacock1774
mahem1826
Kavirondo crane1928
1661 R. Lovell Πανζωορυκτολογια, sive Panzoologicomineralogia Isagoge sig. A6 The Crane, balearick and japonian.
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