Baleares

== Latin == === Alternative forms === Baliārēs === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek Βᾰλῐᾱρεῖς (Bălĭāreîs), of uncertain ultimate origin. Possibly from βάλλω (bállō, “I launch”); Strabo suggests a Phoenician origin. More at Balearic. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ba.ɫeˈaː.reːs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ba.leˈaː.res] === Proper noun === Baleārēs m pl (genitive Baleārium); third declension Balearic Islands (an archipelago, autonomous community, and province off the east coast of Spain, formed by the four major islands Mallorca, Minorca, Ibiza, and Formentera and several smaller islands) the inhabitants of the Balearic Islands ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun (i-stem), plural only. ==== Related terms ==== Baliāricus Baliāris === References === “Bălĭāres”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Baleares”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “Baleares”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly == Portuguese == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin Baleārēs. === Pronunciation === Homophone: baleares Hyphenation: Ba‧le‧a‧res === Proper noun === Baleares f pl (plural only) Balearic Islands (an archipelago, autonomous community, and province off the east coast of Spain, formed by the four major islands Mallorca, Minorca, Ibiza, and Formentera and several smaller islands) Synonym: Ilhas Baleares == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /baleˈaɾes/ [ba.leˈa.ɾes] Rhymes: -aɾes Syllabification: Ba‧le‧a‧res === Proper noun === Baleares f pl (plural only) synonym of Islas Baleares: Balearic Islands (an archipelago, autonomous community, and province off the east coast of Spain, formed by the four major islands Mallorca, Minorca, Ibiza, and Formentera and several smaller islands)