Majorca and Iviza

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• Majorca and Iviza, Diocese of —     Diocese of Majorca and Iviza     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Diocese of Majorca and Iviza     (MAJORICENSIS ET IBUSENSIS)     A suffragan of Valencia, with the episcopal residence at Palma on the Island of Majorca. The see is said to have… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Balearic Isles — • A group in the western part of the Mediterranean belonging to Spain and consisting of four larger islands, Majorca, Minorca, Iviza, and Formentera, and eleven smaller islands of rocky formation Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006.… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Balearic Islands — /bal ee ar ik/ a group of islands including Iviza, Majorca, and Minorca, and constituting a province of Spain in the W Mediterranean Sea. 558,287; 1936 sq. mi. (5015 sq. km). Cap.: Palma. Spanish, Baleares /bah le ah rddes/. * * * Spanish Islas… …   Universalium

• balearic — |balē|arik, ēk, also |er sometimes bəˈlir adjective Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: Latin Baliaricus, Balearicus of the Balearic islands, from Greek Baliarikos, from Baliareis Balearic islands + ikos ic : of or relating to a group of… …   Useful english dictionary

• Spain — • This name properly signifies the whole peninsula which forms the south western extremity of Europe. Since the political separation of Portugal, however, the name has gradually come to be restricted to the largest of the four political divisions …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Spanien [3] — Spanien (Gesch.). I. Vorgeschichtliche Zeit. Die Pyrenäische Halbinsel war den Griechen lange unbekannt; als man Kunde von dem Lande erhalten hatte, hieß der östliche Theil Iberia, der südöstliche od. südwestliche Theil jenseit der Säulen… …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

• Ibiza — /ee vee thah, sah/; Eng. /i bee zeuh/, n. a Spanish island in the SW Balearic Islands, in the W Mediterranean Sea. 209 sq. mi. (541 sq. km). Also, Iviza. * * * Third largest island (pop., 1999 est.: 86,953) of the Balearic Islands (Baleares),… …   Universalium

• List of cathedrals — This is a list of cathedrals around the world, including both actual cathedrals (seats of bishops in episcopal denominations, such as Catholicism, Anglicanism, and Orthodoxy) and a few prominent churches from non episcopal denominations commonly… …   Wikipedia