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Catalan Exonyms
The following is a list of Catalan exonyms, that is to say, names for places out of Catalan speaking areas which are used in the Catalan language. Albania Algeria Austria Azerbaijan Bangladesh Belgium Brazil Canada Chile China Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Egypt Finland France Germany Greece India Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Japan Lebanon Lithuania Libya Luxembourg Mexico Mongolia Morocco Nepal Netherlands Poland Romania Russia Saudi Arabia Serbia South Korea Spain Sweden Switzerland Syria Thailand Turkey Ukraine United Kingdom United States of America Uzbekistan Yemen See also * List of European exonyms {{Exonyms per language Exonyms An endonym (from Greek: , 'inner' + , 'name'; also known as autonym) is a common, ''native'' name for a geographica ...
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Catalan Language
Catalan (; autonym: , ), known in the Valencian Community and Carche as ''Valencian'' (autonym: ), is a Western Romance language. It is the official language of Andorra, and an official language of three autonomous communities in eastern Spain: Catalonia, the Valencian Community, and the Balearic Islands. It also has semi-official status in the Italian comune of Alghero. It is also spoken in the Pyrénées-Orientales department of France and in two further areas in eastern Spain: the eastern strip of Aragon and the Carche area in the Region of Murcia. The Catalan-speaking territories are often called the or "Catalan Countries". The language evolved from Vulgar Latin in the Middle Ages around the eastern Pyrenees. Nineteenth-century Spain saw a Catalan literary revival, culminating in the early 1900s. Etymology and pronunciation The word ''Catalan'' is derived from the territorial name of Catalonia, itself of disputed etymology. The main theory suggests that (Latin ...
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Exonym
An endonym (from Greek: , 'inner' + , 'name'; also known as autonym) is a common, ''native'' name for a geographical place, group of people, individual person, language or dialect, meaning that it is used inside that particular place, group, or linguistic community in question; it is their self-designated name for themselves, their homeland, or their language. An exonym (from Greek: , 'outer' + , 'name'; also known as xenonym) is an established, ''non-native'' name for a geographical place, group of people, individual person, language or dialect, meaning that it is used only outside that particular place, group, or linguistic community. Exonyms exist not only for historico-geographical reasons but also in consideration of difficulties when pronouncing foreign words. For instance, is the endonym for the country that is also known by the exonym ''Germany'' in English, in Spanish and in French. Naming and etymology The terms ''autonym'', ''endonym'', ''exonym'' and ' ...
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List Of European Exonyms
{{Short description, none Below is a list with links to further Wikipedia-pages containing lists of exonyms of various European languages for villages, towns, and cities in Europe. * Albanian exonyms * Basque exonyms * Bulgarian exonyms *Catalan exonyms * Croatian exonyms * Czech exonyms * Danish exonyms * Dutch exonyms *English exonyms * Estonian exonyms *Finnish exonyms *French exonyms *Galician exonyms *German exonyms ** German exonyms (Moselle) *Greek exonyms *Hungarian exonyms *Icelandic exonyms *Irish exonyms *Italian exonyms *Latvian exonyms *Lithuanian exonyms *Luxembourgish exonyms *Maltese exonyms *Old Norse exonyms *Norwegian exonyms * Polish exonyms *Portuguese exonyms *Romanian exonyms * Romansh exonyms *Russian exonyms * Rusyn exonyms (Vojvodina) * Serbian exonyms * Slovak exonyms * Slovenian exonyms * Spanish exonyms * Swedish exonyms * Ukrainian exonyms * Welsh exonyms See also *Latin exonyms *List of English exonyms for German toponyms * List of European regions wit ...
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