Baleares

See also: baleares, baléares, and Baléares

Latin

Alternative forms
  • Baliārēs

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Βᾰλῐᾱρεῖς (Baliāreîs), of uncertain ultimate origin. Possibly from βάλλω (bállō, “I launch”); Strabo suggests a Phoenician origin.[1] More at Balearic.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Baleārēs m pl (genitive Baleārium); third declension

  1. The Balearic Islands
  2. The inhabitants of the Balearic Islands

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem), plural only.

Case Plural
Nominative Baleārēs
Genitive Baleārium
Dative Baleāribus
Accusative Baleārēs
Baleārīs
Ablative Baleāribus
Vocative Baleārēs
  • 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
  1. Strab. xiv. p. 654; Plin. l.

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Baleārēs.

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ba.leˈa.ɾis/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ba.leˈa.ɾiʃ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ba.leˈa.ɾes/

  • Homophone: baleares
  • Hyphenation: Ba‧le‧a‧res

Proper noun

Baleares f pl

  1. Balearic Islands (an archipelago and autonomous community of Spain, in the Mediterranean Sea)
    Synonym: Ilhas Baleares

Spanish

Proper noun

Baleares f pl

  1. Synonym of Islas Baleares (“Balearic Islands”)
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