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  • proper noun A region of Europe corresponding to Southern France, Auvergne, Limousin, and some parts of Catalonia and Italy, where the Occitan language was widely spoken and is still spoken.

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Examples

  • Lyons, called Occitania (1862), that of Toulouse (1869), and that of

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913

  • '' 'Occitania' '' (Occitan: '' Occitània '') is a historic country in southwestern [[Europe]] where [[Occitan language | Occitan]] is the autochthonous language.

    Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008

  • Monaco, Occitania (comprising chunks of southern France, the Alps and Catalonia), and, yes, Lapland (or, more accurately, Sapmi) were among the founder members.

    The Knowledge Christmas Special – part one 2011

  • Sapmi, boasting a side filled with professionals from the Norwegian league, waltzed through the group stage, beating Occitania 7-0 and hammering Monaco 14-0.

    The Knowledge Christmas Special – part one 2011

  • The eight became six – West Papua, the Roma, Sapmi, Monaco, Occitania, the host nation, and Southern Cameroons.

    The Knowledge Christmas Special – part one 2011

  • So one might approach KM Grant's Blue Flame with caution on reading that the flame is a mysterious rallying symbol for Occitania, the area now known as the Languedoc, in the south of France.

    Review of Blue Flame, by KM Grant 2008

  • Biès was born in Bordeaux in 1933, in the Southwestern part of France, a region still permeated with the memory of the Occitania civilization and of Catharism.

    Introducing Jean Biès Tusar N Mohapatra 2006

  • Many of the inhabitants still prefer to regard the land as Occitania, its former name.

    The Templar Revelation Lynn Picknett 2004

  • Many of the inhabitants still prefer to regard the land as Occitania, its former name.

    The Templar Revelation Lynn Picknett 2004

  • Simply by his fidelity to the Empire, Augustin shews himself one like ourselves -- a Latin of Occitania.

    Saint Augustin Louis Bertrand 1903

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