Băl'e-ār'ie, a.

a. [Lat. Balearicus, Balearis, Balearic, Baleares, Balēares insulæ, Gr. Βαλιαρεῖς, the Balearic Islands, Majorca, Minorca, &c., whose inhabitants were good slingers, perhaps from Gr. βάλλειν, to throw.] (Geog.) Pertaining to the isles of Majorca, Minorca, Ivica, Formentera, and Cabrera, in the Mediterranean Sea.