Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A region of northeast Spain bordering on France and the Mediterranean Sea. A center of socialist and anarchist activity in the late 1800s and early 1900s, it was granted limited autonomy in 1932 by the Spanish Republic. After Catalonian separatists unsuccessfully opposed the Falangist forces in the Spanish Civil War (1936–1939), Catalonian national identity and the Catalan language were suppressed until after the death of Francisco Franco (1975).
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun a geographical and administrative region of northeastern Spain.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- proper noun A region of SW
Europe , an autonomous community ofSpain . Historically, a principality also including a strip of nowadaysAragon (called usuallyAragon Strip orWestern Strip ) and the region ofNorthern Catalonia (nowadays part ofFrance ).
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a region of northeastern Spain
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Examples
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The Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival has just concluded in Catalonia, with, naturally, some awards.
Science Fiction Awards Watch » Blog Archive » Sitges Film Festival Awards 2009
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The Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival has just concluded in Catalonia, with, naturally, some awards.
Sitges Film Festival Awards sfawardswatch 2009
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Women working on rural roadsides in Catalonia must don the vests to avoid a €40 ($56) fine.
Spanish Prostitutes Ordered To Wear Safety Vests Cara Parks 2010
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Women working on rural roadsides in Catalonia must don the vests to avoid a €40 ($56) fine.
Spanish Prostitutes Ordered To Wear Safety Vests Cara Parks 2010
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Women working on rural roadsides in Catalonia must ...
Spanish Prostitutes Ordered To Wear Safety Vests Cara Parks 2010
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Tóibín's first novel, The South, about a Wexford farmer's wife who abandons her family for a new life in Catalonia, was published 20 years ago, and in the two decades since he has regularly returned here in his fiction.
A life in books: Colm Tóibín Susanna Rustin 2010
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At the same time, a Catalan MP has told the Welsh Affairs Select Committee how similar legislation in Catalonia has had no negative effects on business there.
The week that was 2009
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Taking atmospheric readings and photographs 20 miles above the ground, the Meteotek team of IES La Bisbal school in Catalonia completed their incredible experiment at the end of February this year.
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At the same time, a Catalan MP has told the Welsh Affairs Select Committee how similar legislation in Catalonia has had no negative effects on business there.
Archive 2009-04-01 2009
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Women working on rural roadsides in Catalonia must ...
Spanish Prostitutes Ordered To Wear Safety Vests Cara Parks 2010
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