Crossword clues for balearic
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Balearic \Bal`e*ar"ic\ (b[a^]l`[-e]*[a^]r"[i^]k), a. [L. Balearicus, fr. Gr. baliarei^s the Balearic Islands.] Of or pertaining to the isles of Majorca, Minorca, Ivica, etc., in the Mediterranean Sea, off the coast of Valencia.
Balearic crane. (Zo["o]l.) See Crane.
Wikipedia
Balearic may refer to the following:
- of the Balearic Islands
- the Balearic dialect of Catalan
- Balearic horse, a term sometimes used to describe either or both of these horse breeds in the region:
- Mallorquín
- Menorquín horse
- Balearic beat, a style of electronic dance music.
- Balearic cuisine
Usage examples of "balearic".
We had first General de Blaumont, then Baron Davillier, the celebrated ceramist who explored Spain and the Balearic Isles, and brought to the notice of collectors the wonderful Hispano-Arabic china.
I had agreed the deal with Patrick Evans and checked the share ownership certificate, which showed him to be the sole owner, with sixty-four-sixty-fourths of the shares, I had pictures taken of the catamaran, some with the sails up, others of the saloon with the table laid, a vase of wild flowers and a large Balearic crayfish as the centrepiece.
I, yachtsman, charterer, small-time businessman, an escapee if you like into the lotus life of the Mediterranean, to know, or even to understand, the machinations of those far removed from the little Balearic island of Menorca?
We are now approaching Port Mahon, the main harbour and capital of Menorca, one of the Spanish Balearic islands.
The Spanish ambassador had been to the Kremlin and it was reported that the Government had called upon all EEC countries to assist in maintaining Spanish sovereignty over the Balearic Islands.
A weight tied to the feet, then overboard and the Balearic lobsters would do the rest.
The French troops had not only been disarmed, but they had been herded on to hulks, where they had died off like flies, and by the latest news, the survivors--and these were not more than half of those who laid down their arms--had been packed off to Cabrera, a small islet in the Balearic group lying off the southern coast of Majorca.
They had set off back to the Balearic Islands for another load, but the very first night they dropped the French land, the galley and her feeble crew had been snapped up by a pirate out of Algiers.
Frolic that patrols round Cabrera in the Balearic Islands to keep the French prisoners from escaping.
Landouzy proves to us that ever since the sixteenth century, in the districts of the Mediterranean, in Spain, in the Balearic Isles and throughout the kingdom of Naples, tuberculosis was held to be contagious, whilst the rest of Europe was ignorant of this contagion.
Duke of Valencia assassinated, then speedily marching in sufficient force to seize the duchy and city for the Catalan Crown, while a fleet set sail from Barcelona to occupy the Valencia-owned Balearic Islands, as well.
Within an hour the yacht had met up with the USS Butte, a navy ammunition ship which took charge of the wounded Younis and set sail for the Balearic islands to meet up with the USS Saratoga and the S-3 plane which would take Younis to the United States.
For a moment I was tempted to abandon this idiotic job and rush down to the offices of the Balearic lines and book a passage to Palma or Ibiza.
Having moored his many ships in Balearic waters, Gnaeus Pompeius is now living in Corduba as the new Roman governor.
Sicily pineapples, pomegranates from Malaga, oranges from the Balearic Isles, peaches from France, and dates from Tunis.