See also: catalan, catalán, and Catalán

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 Catalan on Wikipedia

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

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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[1]:
      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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Catalan

  1. 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[2]:
      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.
  2. A surname from Spanish.

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Catalan (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to Catalonia.

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Cebuano

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Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: Ca‧ta‧lan

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Catalan

  1. a surname from Spanish
  2. the Catalan language

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Catalan

  1. a person from or an inhabitant of Catalonia

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Catalan

  1. of or pertaining to Catalonia

French

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish catalán.

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Catalan m (plural Catalans, feminine Catalane)

  1. a Catalan person

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