English Explanatory Dictionary

Catalonia

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. An autonomous community in northeast Spain.
  2. The Catalan Countries: A cultural area in northeast Spain, southern France and Andorra where Catalan is or historically was spoken, including the autonomous communities of Catalonia and the Balearic Islands, part of the autonomous community of Valencia, the Aragon Strip, the Carche in Murcia and the region of Northern Catalonia in France.
  3. A former principality in modern northeast Spain, approximately coincident with the current autonomous community of Catalonia but including Northern Catalonia in modern France.

Pronunciation

/ˌkætəˈləʊniə/ /ˌkætəˈloʊniə/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Catalonia.wav

Word forms

Catalonia

Etymology

From Catalan Catalunya. Further origins disputed. One theory would make it related to Gotland.

Related words

Catalan Catalonian Catalan Republic

Translations

Abkhaz: Каталантәыла Afrikaans: Katalonië Albanian: Katalonia Albanian: Katalonja Amharic: ካታሎኒያ Antillean Creole: Katalògn Arabic: كَاتَالُونِيَا Arabic: كَتَلُونِيَا Arabic: قَطَلُونِيَة Arabic: كتلونيا Aragonese: Catalunya Armenian: Կատալոնիա Asturian: Cataluña Azerbaijani: Kataloniya Bashkir: Катало́ния Basque: Katalunia Belarusian: Каталонія Bengali: কাতালোনিয়া Central Bikol: Katalunya Breton: Katalonia Bulgarian: Каталония Bulgarian: Каталуния Buryat: Каталони Catalan: Catalunya Cebuano: Katalunya Chavacano: Cataluña Chechen: Катало́ни Chinese Cantonese: 加泰羅尼亞 /加泰罗尼亚 Chinese: 加泰羅尼亞 /加泰罗尼亚 Chinese Mandarin: 加泰羅尼亞 /加泰罗尼亚 Cornish: Kataloni Corsican: Catalugna Corsican: Catalogna Corsican: Catalunia Czech: Katalánsko Czech: Katalánie Danish: Catalonien Dutch: Catalonië Emilian: Catalùgna Esperanto: Katalunio Esperanto: Katalunujo Estonian: Kataloonia Extremaduran: Cataluña Faroese: Katalónia Finnish: Katalonia Franco-Provençal: Catalogne French: Catalogne North Frisian: Kataloonien Saterland Frisian: Katalonien
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