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[ kat-l-an, -uhn, kat-l-an ] / ˈkæt lˌæn, -ən, ˌkæt lˈæn / SEE SYNONYMS FOR Catalan ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivepertaining to Catalonia, its inhabitants, or their language. nouna native or inhabitant of Catalonia. a Romance language closely related to Provençal, spoken in Catalonia, Valencia, the Balearic Islands, Andorra, southern France, and western Sardinia. Origin of Catalan1375–1425; late Middle English <Spanish Words nearby Catalancatadioptric, catadromous, catafalque, catagen, catagenesis, Catalan, catalase, catalectic, catalepsy, catalexis, Çatalhüyük Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for CatalanThe Catalan separatist movement has been growing in recent years, as demonstrated each September with a march on Barcelona. Europe’s Secession Panic|Barbie Latza Nadeau|September 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST Her father was a Viscount, so Taylor married into the Catalan aristocracy. Whit Stillman on the 20th Anniversary of ‘Barcelona’, His New Amazon Series, and the Myth of the Ugly Expat|Michael Weiss|August 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST The Daily Pic: At the Met, the Catalan master has a conceptual edge. Miro's Old Art is Still Contemporary|Blake Gopnik|August 1, 2013|DAILY BEAST Pere Navarro, head of the Catalan socialist party, said: "We need a new head of state." Engulfed by Scandal, Could The Spanish Royal Family Fall?|Tom Sykes|April 4, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Montalbán endowed his Catalan gumshoe with an equally impressive set of quirks that are aired and explored in each book. The Foodie Detective: The Pepe Carvalho Novels by Manuel Vázquez Montalbán|Malcolm Forbes|October 3, 2012|DAILY BEAST Apart from the four Catalan provinces, no province has witnessed such a development of local industries as Guipzcoa. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6|Various And when the babies are all snugly asleep in their beds, the Pre Catalan often has other visitors. In Vanity Fair|Eleanor Hoyt Brainerd Trompe, tromp, n. the apparatus by which the blast is produced in the Catalan forge. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements)|Various Catalan submission to the latter did not endure through the ninth century. A History of Spain|Charles E. Chapman Something like a blockade, however, had been established, for the Catalan peasants guarded vigilantly every approach to the town. The Bravest of the Brave|G. A. Henty
British Dictionary definitions for Catalan
nouna language of Catalonia, quite closely related to Spanish and Provençal, belonging to the Romance group of the Indo-European family a native or inhabitant of Catalonia adjectivedenoting, relating to, or characteristic of Catalonia, its inhabitants, or their language Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |