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Catalan language
Catalan language member of the Romance group of the Italic subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages. It is spoken by about 8 million people in Catalonia, Valencia, the Balearic Islands, and part of Aragon in Spain, in the region of Roussillon in SE France, the city of Alghero in Sardinia, and in the tiny nation Andorra (where it is the official tongue). Like the other Romance languages , Catalan is descended from Latin. It is written in the Roman alphabet. It is also the medium of a noteworthy literature.
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"Catalan language." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Catalan language." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-CatalanLan.html "Catalan language." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-CatalanLan.html |
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Catalan
Catalan a Romance language closely related to Castilian Spanish and Provençal, widely spoken in Catalonia, an autonomous region of NE Spain with a strong separatist tradition (where it has official status alongside Castilian Spanish) and in Andorra, the Balearic Islands, and parts of southern France.
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ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Catalan." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Catalan." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-Catalan.html ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Catalan." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-Catalan.html |
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"Catalan." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Catalan." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O142-Catalan.html "Catalan." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O142-Catalan.html |
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catalán
catalán (Sp.), catalane (Fr.). Type of Sp. dance from Catalonia.
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MICHAEL KENNEDY and JOYCE BOURNE. "catalán." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. MICHAEL KENNEDY and JOYCE BOURNE. "catalán." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O76-cataln.html MICHAEL KENNEDY and JOYCE BOURNE. "catalán." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music. 1996. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O76-cataln.html |
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Catalan
Catalan
•cancan
•ashcan, trash can
•billycan • jerrycan • oilcan
•Leninakan • gamelan • Ameslan
•Acrilan • Catalan • adman
•bagman, ragman, swagman
•packman, Pac-man
•sandman • gasman • taxman • Batman
•jazzman • yardman • legman
•chessman • repairman • mailman
•apeman • spaceman • caveman
•he-man • freedman • linkman
•middleman • Winckelmann
•wingman • hitman • handyman
•bogeyman • everyman • iceman
•conman • strongman
•lawman, strawman
•snowman • patrolman • oilman
•schoolman • newsman
•frontman, stuntman
•wireman • anchorman • Telemann
•newspaperman • Superman
•cameraman • motorman
•weatherman • merman • Poznan
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"Catalan." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Catalan." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-Catalan.html "Catalan." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-Catalan.html |
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