Catalonia

Meaning

1. An autonomous community in northeast Spain.
2. The Catalan Countries: A cultural area in northeast Spain, southern France and Andorra where Catalan is or historically was spoken, including the autonomous communities of Catalonia and the Balearic Islands, part of the autonomous community of Valencia, the Aragon Strip, the Carche in Murcia and the region of Northern Catalonia in France.
3. (historical) A former principality in modern northeast Spain, approximately coincident with the current autonomous community of Catalonia but including Northern Catalonia in modern France.

Synonyms

Autonomous Community of Catalonia

Translations

Catalogne

Catalunya

Cataluña

Catalogna

Katalonien

Catalonië

Catalunha

Καταλωνία

Katalonya

Catalonia

Catalonha

Καταλονία

كاتالونيا

Katalonya

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˌkætəˈləʊniə/

Etymology

From Catalan Catalunya. Further origins disputed. One theory would make it related to Gotland.