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
The Minorcan group consisted of 1,400 indentured servants brought over in 1768.
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 sea is rarely smooth on the Minorcan coast.
From The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza by Boyd, Mary Stuart
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