Catalonia

[ kat-l-oh-nee-uh, -ohn-yuh ]

/ ˌkæt lˈoʊ ni ə, -ˈoʊn yə /

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noun

a region in NE Spain, bordering on France and the Mediterranean: formerly a province.

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Spanish Ca·ta·lu·ña

[kah-tah-loo-nyah]. /ˌkɑ tɑˈlu nyɑ/.

Words nearby Catalonia

catalog code, cataloger, catalogue, catalogue raisonné, catalog verse, Catalonia, Catalonian, catalpa, catalufa, catalyse, catalysis

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How to use Catalonia in a sentence

Growing up, she would spend the school year in Girona, a city in Spain’s Catalonia region, and travel with her father to Kashmir during summer breaks.
The bilingual brain|Grace van Deelen, SM ’22|October 25, 2022|MIT Technology Review
Many of the city’s restaurants have gone dark, and the open ones are allowed to serve breakfast and lunch but not dinner — the regional government of Catalonia has ruled they must close by late afternoon.
Has covid killed trade shows? Barcelona bets on a comeback|Jeanne Whalen|March 5, 2021|Washington Post
California’s choice—as in Catalonia, where Castellnou is chief scientist for the autonomous province’s 4,000-person fire corps—is to either move with that change and have some chance of influencing it, or be bowled over by megafires.
What the complex math of fire modeling tells us about the future of California’s forests|Amy Nordrum|January 18, 2021|MIT Technology Review
Cases began to spike again in July, and some more drastic restrictions such as closing restaurants and bars in Catalonia did not come until October.
50 million world Covid-19 cases: The biggest outbreaks, explained|Christina Animashaun|November 9, 2020|Vox

“A referendum on self-determination is necessary to reset the relationship between Catalonia and Spain,” according to the site.
Europe’s Secession Panic|Barbie Latza Nadeau|September 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Better for Russia to annex Venice, Catalonia or Alaska (all of which have well-publicized if improbable secessionist movements).
Just Joking? Bugged Russian Ambassadors Want to Annex Alaska and Miami|Anna Nemtsova|April 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
There have been fitful mutterings about Catalonia, the region of Spain where Barcelona is, seceding from Spain.
Homage to Catalonia|Megan McArdle|December 19, 2012|DAILY BEAST
It is, however, good for the coalition partners in Catalonia, who have shrewdly set a far-away date for the referendum.
Homage to Catalonia|Megan McArdle|December 19, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Others have also found exaggerations in Homage to Catalonia.
Orwell’s Lies: His Diaries Reveal Problems with the Truth|Jimmy So|August 19, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Hastalrick, in Catalonia, evacuated for want of provisions; the garrison cut their way through the French troops.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
From this time onwards Aragon became the base from which was organised the conquest of Catalonia and Valencia.
Napoleon's Marshals|R. P. Dunn-Pattison
Suchet's conquest of Aragon, Catalonia, and Valencia was marked by a succession of brilliant sieges.
Napoleon's Marshals|R. P. Dunn-Pattison
In Aragon and Catalonia the Carlists are the dominating faction, and are making themselves troublesome.
Memoirs of the Duchesse de Dino v.1/3, 1831-1835|Dorothy Duchesse de Dino
It was while in England that the first signs of discontent in Catalonia began to manifest themselves.
The War Upon Religion|Rev. Francis A. Cunningham

British Dictionary definitions for Catalonia

Catalonia

/ (ˌkætəˈləʊnɪə) /

noun

a region of NE Spain, with a strong separatist tradition: became an autonomous region with its own parliament in 1979; an important agricultural and industrial region, with many resorts. Pop: 7 012 600 (2003 est). Area: 31 929 sq km (12 328 sq miles)Catalan name: Catalunya (ˌkatəˈluːnɪə) Spanish name: Cataluña (kataˈluɲa)

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