How to Spell Minorca?

Menorca (Catalan: [məˈnɔɾkə], Spanish: [meˈnoɾka]) or Minorca (English: /mɪˈnɔːrkə/ min-OR-kə; from Latin: Insula Minor, lit. 'smaller island', later Minorica) is one of the Balearic Islands located in the Mediterranean Sea belonging to Spain.

What is Minorca?

Minorca, Catalan and Spanish Menorca, island of the Balearic Islands provincia (province) and comunidad autónoma (autonomous community), Spain. It is the second largest of the Balearic Islands and lies in the western Mediterranean Sea.

Is Menorca a Catalan?

When you visit this Mediterranean island, you may hear locals conversing in an unfamiliar language. Catalan, the co-official language of Menorca (along with Castilian and Menorquian), is alive and well here – and proof that although Menorca may belong to Spain, its culture is entirely its own.