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Catalonian, a. and n.|kætəˈləʊnɪən|
[f. Catalonia, the Spanish province (Cataluña, Cat. Catalunya): see -ian.]
= Catalan.
1707Mortimer Husb. xviii. 496 The Catalonian or Spanish jessamine.. is not so high as the former. 1781Dillon Lett. Eng. Trav. Spain 1778 v. 63 The Aragonians and Catalonians adopted the Castilian dialect. 1823T. Ross tr. Bouterwek's Hist. Span. & Pg. Lit. I. 6 In the kingdom of Arragon, the language in general use was the Catalonian. 1829K. H. Digby Broad Stone, Orlandus xxi. 531 He spoke Greek, Hebrew, Latin, Catalonian, and Italian. 1836Penny Cycl. VI. 361/2 During the war of the Spanish succession, the Catalonians..took the part of the Archduke Charles of Austria against Philip of France. 1875Encycl. Brit. II. 433/2 This Catalonian work of the 14th and 15th centuries. 1876Ibid. V. 217/2 The Catalonians are a frugal, sharp-witted and industrious people. 1958A. R. Radcliffe-Brown Method in Social Anthropol. ii. v. 185 From the many Latin dialects there came into existence the present Romance languages—French, Provençal, Italian, Catalonian, Castilian, Portugese. 1963Times 25 Feb. 9/2 The accused, all Catalonians, included six lawyers. |