Majorca

Majorca, the largest of the Balearic Isles, is 130 m. NE. of Cape San Antonio, in Spain; mountains in the N. rise to 5000 ft., their slopes covered with olives, oranges, and vines; the plains are extremely fertile, and the climate mild and equable; manufactures of cotton, silk, and shoes are the industries; the capital, Palma (61), is on the S. coast, at the head of a large bay of the same name.

Population (circa 1900) given as 234,000.

Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)

Majolica * Majuscule
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Maimon, Solomon
Maimonides, Moses
Maine
Maine, Sir Henry
Maintenance, Cap of
Maintenon, Françoise d'Aubigné, Marquise de
Mainz
Maistre, Count, Joseph de
Maitland, William
Majolica
Majorca
Majuscule
Makrizi, Taki-ed-din Ahmed el-
Malabar
Malacca
Malachi
Malachy, St.
Maladetta, Mount
Malaga
Malagrowther
Malaise

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Leake, Sir John
Lully, Raimond
Mordaunt, Charles