(a.) Of or pertaining to the isles of Majorca, Minorca, Ivica, etc., in the Mediterranean Sea, off the coast of Valencia.
Example Sentences:
(1) Hopoes belonging to waves of migrants through the Balearic Islands in August and September showed high rates of infestation by Upupicola upupae (77--85 p. c.).
(2) But public prosecutors in Palma, the capital of the Balearics, have said there is evidence the institute was a front, charging hugely inflated fees and siphoning money off to Urdangarin's private companies.
(3) To know the antibodies seroprevalence against hepatitis C virus (HCV), as well as other factors associated to these antibodies presence in a group of intravenous drug users (IVDU) in Baleares.
(4) Urdangarin and Torres are accused of exploiting their connections to take money from the regional governments of Valencia and the Balearic Islands, both of whose presidents have faced a string of corruption charges.
(5) The 46 patients with CCD diagnosed in the autonomous community (AC) of the Balearic Islands (32 with hemophilia A, 6 with hemophilia B, 4 with von Willebrand's disease 2 with factor VII, 1 with factor X, and 1 with factor XII deficiencies) were investigated for infective morbidity and use of blood products from 1982 to 1987.
(6) More chains have been planned in other Catalan-speaking territories, such as Valencia (where the Spanish government has forbidden it), the Balearic Islands and south-east France .
(7) And a few hours ago, the Balearic Islands said it needed €355m .
(8) Variants of Catalan are spoken in Valencia and the Balearics, which were taken back from the Moors in the 13th century.
(9) Biosynthesis of fibrinolytic enzymes was studied in bacteria isolated from sea water (the Black Sea, the Balearic Sea, the Caribbean Sea) and from different habitats (water, detritus, fish intestines).
(10) A €1.2m contract with the Balearic Islands was, prosecutors told investigating magistrate José Castro, "totally disproportionate to the task … based exclusively on a fictitious budget which did not analyse a single cost".
(11) In spite of this, the whole Balearic population could be differentiated from most European and circum-Mediterranean populations.
(12) Other holidaymakers are heading to Turkey instead, which is among the top 5 holiday destinations along with Spain (including the Balearics and Canaries), Greece and Cyprus.
(13) Baleares (355) 16.917 de 18.000 October 19, 2012 3.28pm BST Euro is losing ground The summit has not brought much cheer to the euro, which is down around 0.4 of a cent at $1.3029 against the US dollar.
(14) Except in Baleares and Murcia, the proportion of hospital stays increased in all Regions, especially in Navarra, where it increased from 23% to 51%.
(15) Valencia was repopulated with people from Lleida and Tortosa; the Baleares with people from Barcelona and l'Empordà in the north.
(16) Pedro Horrach, the anti-corruption prosecutor in the Balearics, said he would also lodge an appeal.
(17) The gene frequencies were compared with those of the Balearic non-Jewish populations and significant differences were found.
(18) It is spoken by 9 million people in Catalonia , Valencia, the Balearic Isles, Andorra and the town of Alghero in Sardinia.
(19) Nóos landed multimillion-euro contracts to organise events for regional governments in the Balearic Islands and Valencia.
(20) Danny Rampling: When I came back my radio show went from downbeat smoochy soul sevens from Atlanta, to pumping Chicago house and alternative balearic.
Catalan
Definition:
(a.) Of or pertaining to Catalonia.
(n.) A native or inhabitant of Catalonia; also, the language of Catalonia.
Example Sentences:
(1) In Barcelona, Catalonian flags hang down from every other terraced window; a few months ago, its Nou Camp stadium was filled to 90,000-capacity, with patriots cheering on artists performing in Catalan.
(2) He describes it as "a sexual revolution: a young Catalan man meets a Flemish girl – they fall in love, they get married and they become European, as do their children."
(3) His message was echoed by Albert Royo, of Diplocat, the Catalan body responsible for public diplomacy.
(4) "One way or another, Catalans will vote," he said, noting that municipal and general elections were scheduled for 2015.
(5) The agreement between Junts pel Sí (Together for Yes), a coalition of the centre-right Democratic Convergence of Catalonia (CDC) party and leftist Republican Left of Catalonia ( ERC) party, and the far-left minority partner Popular Unity Candidacy (CUP) gives the separatist bloc a slim majority in the 135-seat Catalan parliament.
(6) The court, in a long and detailed judgment earlier this month, ruled against the Catalans, and managed to add insult to injury by stating that there was only one nation in Spain, and that was the Spanish nation, and that Catalonia, as a historical entity, had only come into being as a result of the Spanish constitution of 1978.
(7) Facebook Twitter Pinterest The Barcelona coach, Luis Enrique, says he is sure striker Lionel Messi is happy at the Catalan club Sources close to Messi told the newspaper El Confidencial : “… there are other elite sportspeople who have tax problems and they’ve all been settled administratively, as was the case with Real Madrid players Xabi Alonso and Iker Casillas and tennis star Rafa Nadal.
(8) Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of Barcelona on September 11 to demand independence, the biggest-ever show of support for a separate Catalan state.
(9) Only one thing could possibly bring such strange bed-companions together, and that is the push towards Catalan independence, with a stated target of 18 months.
(10) They may not be Kurds or Kosovans, but they have much in common with Basques, Bretons and Catalans.
(11) Flag-wrapping reached a new peak this week as Catalan nationalists vowed to hold a referendum on independence or the other options for changing the region's relationship with the rest of Spain – and central government vowed to stop them.
(12) Madrid had not beaten Barcelona by more than a solitary goal in the league since May 2008, the last clash of the pre-Pep Guardiola era at a time when the Catalans were collapsing.
(13) This is our attempt to be democratic in a state that doesn’t respect democracy.” For Jaume Marsany of the Catalan National Assembly, a grassroots, pro-independence group, it was an extraordinary day.
(14) Later that day, over dinner in a private Catalan castle, I am sitting opposite Hollywood's Heather Graham and Jason Silva, her film-producer boyfriend, who have also flown in for the feast, watching as the star of Boogie Nights and The Hangover delicately transfers her food from her plate to her partner's.
(15) The far rightwing La Gaceta on a front page editorial heaped insults on the politicians who had voted for the ban, singling out the man who is likely to become the next Catalan president as "a separatist who hates everything Spanish".
(16) Hundreds packed into Girona’s Independence Square at a rally for leftwing pro-independence party Catalan Republican Left to hear leader Oriol Junqueras urging residents to support independence.
(17) Therapy was carried out in only one language, namely Catalan.
(18) I usually have meetings with my group (Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe), with the European commission and the European central bank … I get a lot of petitions from fishermen, cattle breeders and other collectives because in Catalonia it's quite a traditional move to contact a politician from the Convergence [party which is the opposition to the Catalan government].
(19) Josep Lluís Cusidó, mayor of the small Catalan town of Vallmoll, was at the museum as part of a wedding anniversary trip with his wife.
(20) According to the newspaper, the back of the shirt will also incorporate the Catalan flag, as featured on the club’s fourth kit this season.