Minorcan
Americanadjective
noun
adjective
noun
Etymology
Origin of Minorcan
Example Sentences
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The most important dish of this culinary journey is the Minorcan soup, an ancient recipe going back to the Spanish island in the Mediterranean brought here centuries ago along with the Spaniard influx.
From Washington Times • Feb. 5, 2017
Those who survived the journey and a decade of hardship became a vibrant community in St. Augustine that still celebrates its Minorcan roots.
From New York Times • Apr. 13, 2012
An American couple, Dick and Patrick, who have owned an old farmhouse on the island since 1971, were a font of Minorcan historical knowledge.
From New York Times • Apr. 13, 2012
Over 4,000 years of its inhabited history, Phoenicians, Carthaginians, Romans, Arabs, French and British have come and left their various imprints on Minorcan life, enriching its language and architecture.
From Time Magazine Archive
The abundance of fish solves the problem which has puzzled many, how the Minorcan population of St. Augustine live, now that their orange-trees, upon which they formerly depended, are unproductive.
From Letters of a Traveller Notes of Things Seen in Europe and America by Bryant, William Cullen
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