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Cat⋅a⋅lan

  [kat-l-an, -uhn, kat-l-an]
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–adjective
1. pertaining to Catalonia, its inhabitants, or their language.
–noun
2. a native or inhabitant of Catalonia.
3. a Romance language closely related to Provençal, spoken in Catalonia, Valencia, the Balearic Islands, Andorra, southern France, and western Sardinia.
Origin:
1375–1425; late ME < Sp
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Cat·a·lan   (kāt'l-ān', -ən, kāt'l-ān')   
adj.  Of or relating to Catalonia or its people, language, or culture.
n.  

  1. A native or inhabitant of Catalonia.

  2. The Romance language spoken especially in Catalonia, the Balearic Islands, Andorra, and the Roussillon region of France.


[Middle English Catalane, possibly from Catalan catalana, from Catalunya, Catalonia.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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