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  • proper noun A resort in the municipality of Calvià, on the Spanish island of Majorca.

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Examples

  • One of the largest and most popular tourist resorts in the island of Majorca is Palma Nova It lies adjacent to Magaluf which is another popular resort Palma Nova was constructed in the sixties, as one of the purpose built tourist resorts to cater for the rising package holiday market, most popular amongst British tourists Nowadays, both of the resorts have grown to such an extent that they now run into each other A Palma Nova holidays a good choice if you want sun, sand and plenty to do

    We Blog A Lot 2009

  • Having never experienced a two-star Teletext self-catering holiday to Magaluf, poor Harry has never experienced such horror.

    Grace Dent's TV OD: The Taking Of Prince Harry Grace Dent 2010

  • Of course, if you choose to leave your Facebook privacy settings wide open, if you choose to befriend someone you only met once on holiday to Magaluf, and if you then compound the error by posting or failing to detag a photograph of yourself in a compromised state with a vodka luge, then there might be certain drawbacks.

    Is it time to leave Facebook? 2012

  • I passed the Magaluf exit on Majorca quite recently, and was assured by my twentysomething driver that it is a package resort for young British and Scandinavian tourists which makes Sodom and Gomorrah look like Torbay.

    Miniskirt ban: a small, incompetent step backwards Michael White 2010

  • Some of you might recognise me as the barman you slept with two years ago in Magaluf!

    Rewind TV: The Hour; The Apprentice; Show Me the Funny; Imagine; Richard Hammond's Journey to the Centre of the Planet; Twenty Twelve – review 2011

  • Unless you have a PhD in machine learning, you are unlikely to be able to operate Facebook's privacy settings, which means a disgruntled ex is just a couple of clicks away from checking out his former girlfriend's new man, and people who are "friends" – but only in a Facebook sense ie they met once on holiday in Magaluf in 1997 – have an access-all-areas pass to each other's Facebook back-story.

    Is it time to leave Facebook? 2012

  • Two 18-year-olds were also taken to hospital after separate incidents in Magaluf, in Mallorca, on the same day.

    Spanish authorities warn holidaymakers of 'balconing' dangers 2010

  • One might think of such places as Magaluf in Spain, colonized by British tourists to such an extent that it is more British than anything back home.

    BREAKFAST WITH SOCRATES ROBERT ROWLAND SMITH 2010

  • Bookies, meanwhile, are offering prices on everything from the honeymoon destination (Magaluf is tempting at 1,000-1) to whether the couple will still be together on their 10th anniversary (yes, looks short at 3-1 on).

    The royal wedding PR goldrush Stephen Moss 2010

  • She took her finals in the Spanish holiday resort of Magaluf, where she took part in a Sky One programme called Prickly Heat.

    Alex Jones to replace Christine Bleakley on The One Show 2010

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