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Definition of Catalonia

1. Noun. A region of northeastern Spain.

Definition of Catalonia

1. Proper noun. A region of SW Europe, an autonomous community of Spain. Historically, a principality also including a strip of nowadays Aragon (called usually Aragon Strip or Western Strip) and the region of Northern Catalonia (nowadays part of France). ¹

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Catalonia

Literary usage of Catalonia

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. History of the War in the Peninsula and in the South of France, from the by Sir William Francis Patrick Napier (1842)
"Operations in Catalonia—St. Cyr commands the seventh corps—Passes the frontier—State of Catalonia—Palacios fixes his head-quarters at Villa Franca—Duhesme ..."

2. The Cambridge Modern History by Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1907)
"all Catalonia flamed into opposition against the King's soldiers, and Santa Colonia fanned the flame by his severity. Street riots disturbed the large towns ..."

3. The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for by Edmund Burke (1828)
"... Rebels in Catalonia—They establish Provisional Government t— Measures adopted against them—The Army of Observation is marched into Catalonia—Ferdinand ..."

4. A History of Spain from the Earliest Times to the Death of Ferdinand the by Ulick Ralph ( Burke (1895)
"Catalonia. The little county of Barcelona or Catalonia, which came into ... The first undisputed master of all Catalonia, he introduced a modified form of ..."

5. Hannibal: A History of the Art of War Among the Carthaginians and Romans by Theodore Ayrault Dodge (1891)
"Catalonia. JULY AND AUGUST, 218 BC THE Army of Italy left Cartagena about the ... After crossing the Ebro, Hannibal was in Catalonia, a territory over which ..."

6. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"Catalonia, a principality within the Spanish Monarchy, occupying an area of 12414 square ... According to the census of 1900, Catalonia had a population of ..."

7. Universal Geography: Or, a Description of All Parts of the World, on a New by Conrad Malte-Brun (1831)
"Catalonia, contiguous to France, Arragon and the kingdom of Murcia, is bathed on the east by the Mediterranean. A mountainous country and a great extent of ..."

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