Talk:Menorca

message: People writing about Minorca and Majorca should be aware of the fact that writing Majorca but Menorca is etymologically inconsistent, as the major and minor in them is not a coincidence. :-) (Just for those who don't like to appear ignorant.) --Maladroit
Images added. Francisco Valverde 15:40, 7 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: [Untitled]

message: I have just cut It was called Nura by the Phoenicians in honoring their god Baal, meaning the "island of fire". off the lead section for I believe it doesn't really belong in there. Besides, the relationship between Baal->island of fire->Nura should be explained, as it is not self evident.
Generally speaking the article is particularly weak precisely in paleolithic and phoenician times, which, historically speaking, are probably the most relevant of the island after all. It would be necessary some development of these in the History section. Mountolive 00:19, 4 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Phoenicians

message: I read the following in the article. 
"(Menorca both in Catalan and Spanish; from Latin Balearis Minor, later Minorica "minor island")"
Does anyone have documented evidence of the islands name in English? If you check an English atlas, generally it will be called Menorca. If you look for references on Google there are 16 million for Menorca and only 2.7 million results for Minorca.
This is an English language page. So, should the name of the Island not be the name it is known by in the English Language?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.155.250.36 (talk) 15:41, 29 August 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: You have to be careful when doing Google searches because it will give all instances of the term in all languages. I checked 3 different dictionaries (Random House , American Heritage , and Webster’s ), and they all have the spelling of the main entry as Minorca. MSN Encarta , the Columbia Encyclopedia , and Britannica  all have it under Minorca. I don't have it with me right now, but the Atlas I have at home gives both the native and English names for each place, and Minorca is given as the English name.  You will see people using the native spellings even in English, but according to the official sources I checked, the English spelling is Minorca. Kman543210 (talk) 16:07, 29 August 2008 (UTC)

text: I go on holiday there A LOT and have to say that it is the most beautiful place in the entire world!!! User 08burgelaura  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.5.249.94 (talk) 19:31, 25 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Menorca or Minorca 

message: :Category:Menorca is itself a category within :Category:Islands of the Balearic Islands. — Robert Greer (talk) 16:13, 29 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[:Category:Islands of the Balearic Islands]] ''vs.'' [[:Category:Menorca]] 

message: What about something on the transfer from the United Kingdom to Spain? Flosssock1 (talk) 12:50, 13 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Transfer of sovereignty 

message: The article lists the population at 94383, but the figure I most often see is 67,000. Can someone provide a reference for that, as I cannot find it?
—Zujine|talk 18:13, 22 May 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: The figure is correct. It can be checked here: INE. Jotamar (talk) 16:21, 23 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Population

message: Err, it was France, not Spain, who gained the island during the Seven Years' War... 86.26.14.250 (talk) 21:28, 23 February 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: British century

message: Use of the Napoleonic War era spelling continues to decrease: In ictu oculi (talk) 18:44, 5 January 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Sources since 2010

message: The map dot covers the entire island, making the map almost useless. Any suggestions on fixing?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by El cid, el campeador (talk • contribs) 09:33, 15 March 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: You could include a second map for the Balearic Islands or Menorca, but you should create a template for the map first. --Jotamar (talk) 18:34, 16 March 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: I've changed it myself. --Jotamar (talk) 17:55, 17 March 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Map dot 

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: The introduction states Mahon is the largest city, but the table below has it at second place. 46.140.3.59 (talk) 18:28, 27 May 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks. Maó and Ciutadella switched places recently.--Jotamar (talk) 20:47, 27 May 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Largest city internal contradiction 

message: Catalan speaker here. When I speak Catalan I say «Gaŀles», not Cymru, but I'll say Llanymddyfri and not any English version of the name. Why? Because we have a traditional name for Wales in Catalan, due to cultural relations thru the ages, but we do not have with the town of Llanymddyfri, so we do not have a name for it. England has, so in English they call it something like Llandovery, but of course we will use their own name, not a foreign one.
Here I do not understand why you do not recognise the historical relations English speakers have had with Minorca for ages and treat it as if it was a modern place with an invented name or a place no English speaker had visited before the 20th century. And, on the other hand, the city of Maó, instead of calling it with its name, Maó, it's called «Maón», which has no sense, as it is not the local name of the city. I really cannot fathom the logic used in this case in the English Wikipedia, if there is any.
--77.75.179.1 (talk) 07:48, 29 January 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Nonsensical naming