Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The traditional Romance dialects spoken in Auvergne, Gascony, Rousillon, Limousin, and the southern Dauphiné, in contrast to the traditional dialect spoken in Provence.
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- proper noun A
Romance language spoken inOccitania , a region of Europe that includes Southern France,Auvergne ,Limousin , and some parts ofCatalonia andItaly .
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- noun the medieval dialects of Langue d'oc (southern France)
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Wikipedia gives this explanation: The name Occitan comes from lenga d'òc i.e. òc language, which comes from òc, the Occitan word for yes.
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Wikipedia gives this explanation: The name Occitan comes from lenga d'òc i.e. òc language, which comes from òc, the Occitan word for yes.
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The terms Occitan and Occitania used to belong to a learned register for a long time but they have gained a wide usage since the second half of the 20th century.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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The terms Occitan and Occitania used to belong to a learned register for a long time but they have gained a wide usage since the second half of the 20th century.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
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The terms Occitan and Occitania used to belong to a learned register for a long time but they have gained a wide usage since the second half of the 20th century.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
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The terms Occitan and Occitania used to belong to a learned register for a long time but they have gained a wide usage since the second half of the 20th century.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
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The terms Occitan and Occitania used to belong to a learned register for a long time but they have gained a wide usage since the second half of the 20th century.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
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Lemesurier not only gives the original prophecies in Nostradamus' original argot Occitan French with a macedoine of other vocabulary, but a complete concordance to them.
Kenneth Hite's Journal princeofcairo 2006
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A large part of Occitan-speaking people do not live in Provence and therefore can hardly identify themselves as 'Provençal-speakers', so the spread of the term 'Occitan' has been viewed as a more neutral naming solution which does not favors any particular region.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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Spanish but simultaneously, a dynamic movement supports Occitan which is now an official language in Aran Valley and a protected language in Italy.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
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