Catalan

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See also: catalan, catalán, and Catalán

English

 Catalan on Wikipedia

Etymology

From Middle English Catalane, from French Catalan, from Spanish catalán, from Catalan Catalunya.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: kăt'ə-lăn, IPA(key): /ˈkæ.təˌlæn/, /ˈkæ.tə.lən/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)

Noun

Catalan (plural Catalans)

  1. A native or inhabitant of Catalonia.
    Synonym: Catalonian
    • 2017 October 22, Sam Jones, “Catalonia weighs up declaration of independence”, in the Guardian‎:
      Even if he draws back from a declaration, many Catalans – including Mossos and civil servants – may decide to not to obey orders from Madrid, and tens of thousands of people could take to the streets to protect key regional government institutions.

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Proper noun

Catalan

  2. The Romance language of Catalonia, an autonomous region in the northeast of Spain, also spoken in the Valencian autonomous region (where the language is officially named valencià), the Balearic Islands, Andorra, Roussillon in France, and the Sardinian city of Alghero.
    Synonym: Catalonian
    Hyponym: Valencian
    • 2001 December 2, Giles Milton, “'The Riddle and the Knight'”, in The New York Times‎:
      By the time this mysterious knight died in the 1360s, his book was available in every European language, including Dutch, Gaelic, Czech, Catalan, and Walloon.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Catalan.
  3. A surname from Spanish.

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Adjective

Catalan (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to Catalonia.

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Anagrams

Cebuano

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: Ca‧ta‧lan

Proper noun

Catalan

  1. a surname from Spanish
  2. the Catalan language

Noun

Catalan

  1. a person from or an inhabitant of Catalonia

Adjective

Catalan

  1. of or pertaining to Catalonia

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish catalán.

Pronunciation

Noun

Catalan m (plural Catalans, feminine Catalane)

  1. a Catalan person

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