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Mi⋅nor⋅can

[mi-nawr-kuhn]
–adjective
1. of or pertaining to Minorca.
–noun
2. a native or inhabitant of Minorca.

Origin:
1750–60; minorc(a) + -an
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Mi·nor·ca 1   (mĭ-nôr'kə)   
A Spanish island in the Balearics of the western Mediterranean Sea. Held by the British and the French at various times during the 18th century, it was a Loyalist stronghold in the Spanish Civil War.
Mi·nor'can adj. & n.
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