Majorcan
Americanadjective
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As a marker of Mali’s enduring fame in the fourteenth century, the Majorcan mapmaker Abraham Cresques featured it in The Catalan Atlas in 1375.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
But if you invest enough time in “Love Island,” you will feel your disdain evaporate like a spray tan in the Majorcan sun.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2022
Program B offers Nacho Duato’s earthy “Jardí Tancat,” with songs by Majorcan vocalist María del Mar Bonet, as well as Moultrie’s work and a new dance by Baltimore native Jermaine Maurice Spivey.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 3, 2022
Three years after moving his work into the Sert studio on a property, called Son Abrines, that included his home, Miró purchased Son Boter, a traditional Majorcan country home on the hillside above.
From New York Times ● Jul. 15, 2011
The Majorcan housewife takes special pride in her daintily embroidered house-linen.
From The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza by Boyd, Mary Stuart
Like thousands of Majorcans, Sonia is protesting this weekend against the surge in tourism that is being blamed for plummeting living standards among the local population.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2024
She considered that the Majorcans had been brutalized and fanaticized, thanks to their influence.
From George Sand, some aspects of her life and writings by Hallard, Alys
Seeing these people who caused the Majorcans to grin as if they were foreigners, Jaime smiled also, looking with interest at their dress and figures.
From The Dead Command From the Spanish Los Muertos Mandan by Douglas, Frances
The Majorcans are fond of claiming their island as the birthplace of Hannibal.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 122, December, 1867 by Various
Indeed, it almost seemed as though the sociable Majorcans welcomed the opportunity of recognizing our uninvited appearance.
From The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza by Boyd, Mary Stuart
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