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Quotes from Wikipedia: Majorca: The name derives from Latin insula maior, "larger island"; later Maiorica. Minorca: Minorca (Menorca both in Catalan and Spanish; from Latin Balearis Minor, later Minorica"minor island") is one of the Balearic Islands (Illes Balears Catalan official name, Islas Baleares in Spanish) located in the Mediterranean Sea and belongs to Spain.

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Doesn't Balina also mean whale?

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Q: Why are majorca and minorca called this as orca means whale?
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