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Catalonia

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Catalonia Catalonia (; ca, Catalunya ; Aranese Occitan: ''Catalonha'' ; es, Cataluña ) is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a ''nationality'' by its Statute of Autonomy. Most of the territory (except the Val d'Aran) lies on the north ...

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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 Spa ...

, a Romance language * Catalans, an ethnic group formed by the people from, or with origins in,

Northern Northern may refer to the following: Geography * North, a point in direction * Northern Europe, the northern part or region of Europe * Northern Highland, a region of Wisconsin, United States * Northern Province, Sri Lanka * Northern Range, a ra ...

southern Catalonia Catalonia (; ca, Catalunya ; Aranese Occitan: ''Catalonha'' ; es, Cataluña ) is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a ''nationality'' by its Statute of Autonomy. Most of the territory (except the Val d'Aran) lies on the north ...

Places

* 13178 Catalan, asteroid #13178, named "Catalan" * Catalán (crater), a lunar crater named for Miguel Ángel Catalán *

Çatalan, İvrindi Çatalan is a village in the İvrindi district of Balıkesir province Balıkesir Province ( tr, ) is a province in northwestern Turkey with coastlines on both the Sea of Marmara and the Aegean Sea, Aegean. Its adjacent provinces are Çanakk ...

, a village in Balıkesir province, Turkey *

Çatalan, Karaisalı Çatalan is a village in the District of Karaisalı, Adana Province, Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental co ...

, a village in Adana Province, Turkey * Catalan Bay, Gibraltar * Catalan Sea, more commonly known as the

Balearic Sea The Balearic Sea ( endotoponym: ''Mar Balear'' in Catalan and Spanish) is a body of water in the Mediterranean Sea between the Balearic Islands and the mainland of Spain. The Ebro River flows into this small sea. Islands and archipelagoes Th ...

Catalan Mediterranean System The Catalan Mediterranean System, also known as Mediterranean System, Transversal Ibero-Pyrenaean System, and Catalanid System,Josep Guitart i Duran, Maria del Tura Bolòs et al. ''Història agrària dels Països Catalans (Volum 1) Antiguitat'', 2 ...

, the Catalan Mountains

Facilities and structures

Çatalan Bridge The Çatalan Bridge ( tr, Çatalan Köprüsü), also known as the West Bridge ( tr, Batı Köprüsü), is a long bridge crossing the Seyhan Dam Lake in Adana, Turkey. The bridge connects the city of Adana to the villages and vacation homes north ...

, Adana, Turkey *

Çatalan Dam Çatalan Dam is an embankment dam on the Seyhan River dam in Adana Province, Turkey. It is north of the city of Adana. Constructed between 1982 and 1997, the development was backed by the State Hydraulic Works (Turkey), Turkish State Hydraulic Wor ...

, Adana, Turkey *

Catalan Batteries Catalan Batteries is an artillery battery in the British Overseas Territories, British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar. References

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, Gibraltar

People

Catalan, Lord of Monaco Catalan Grimaldi (Catalano Grimaldi) (c. 1415–1457) was Lord of Monaco from 1454 until 1457. Sources 1415 births 1457 deaths 15th-century Lords of Monaco House of Grimaldi Lords of Monaco People of Ligurian descent {{Monac ...

(1415–1457), Lord of Monaco from 1454 until 1457 *

Alfredo Catalán Alfredo Catalán Schick (born November 12, 1968), is a Venezuelan politician. He is affiliated with Project Venezuela. He was elected mayor of El Hatillo from July 30, 2000 until December 1, 2008. He was reelected once in 2004. Career as a mayor ...

(born 1968), Venezuelan politician * Alex Catalán (born 1968), Spanish filmmaker *

Arnaut Catalan Arnaut Catalan ( fl. 1219–1253) was a troubadour active in the Languedoc, Catalonia Catalonia (; ca, Catalunya ; Aranese Occitan: ''Catalonha'' ; es, Cataluña ) is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a ''nationality'' by ...

(1219–1253), troubador *

Diego Catalán Diego Catalán y Menéndez-Pidal (16 September 1928 – 9 April 2008) was a Spanish philologist. He died of heart disease on 9 April 2008, at the age of 79. Biography Diego Catalán y Menéndez-Pidal was the son of Miguel Catalán Sañudo an ...

(1928–2008), Spanish philologist *

Emilio Arenales Catalán Emilio Arenales Catalán (May 10, 1922 – April 17, 1969) was the foreign minister of Guatemala from 1966 to 1969 and the president of the United Nations Twenty-Third General Assembly from 1968 to 1969. He was born and died in Guatemala City. Bio ...

(1922–1969) Guatemalan politician * Eugène Charles Catalan (1814–1894), French and Belgian mathematician *

Miguel A. Catalán Miguel Antonio Catalán y Sañudo (1894–1957) was a Spanish spectroscopy, spectroscopist. Biography Miguel Antonio Catalán y Sañudo was born in Zaragoza, he obtained his degree in chemistry from the University of Zaragoza and received his ...

(1894–1957), Spanish spectroscopist * Moses Chayyim Catalan (died 1661), Italian rabbi * Sergio Catalán (born 1991) Chilean soccer player

Mathematics

Mathematical concepts named after mathematician Eugène Catalan: * Catalan numbers, a sequence of natural numbers that occur in various counting problems * Catalan solids, a family of polyhedra * Catalan's constant, a number that occurs in estimates in combinatorics * Catalan's conjecture

Wine

* Catalan (grape), another name for the wine grape Mourvèdre * Catalan wine, an alternative name used in France for wine made from the Carignan grape **

Carignan Carignan (also known as Mazuelo, Bovale Grande, Cariñena, Carinyena, Samsó, Carignane, and Carignano) is a red grape variety of Spanish origin that is more commonly found in French wine but is widely planted throughout the western Mediterra ...

, a wine grape that is also known as Catalan

Sports and games

* Catalan Opening, in chess *

Catalan Open The Catalan Open was a European Tour golf tournament which was played annually from 1989 to 1996, except for 1990. It was played at several different golf courses in Catalonia, Spain. It never had the same full official name two years in a row, du ...

, golf tournament * Catalans Dragons, a rugby league team often known simply as ''Catalan'' *

XIII Catalan XIII Catalan is a rugby league team from Perpignan in the Pyrénées-Orientales region of southern France. They were founded in 1934, and thus were founding members of the French rugby league championship. In 2000 their senior team merged with n ...

, a rugby league team from Perpignan, France

Other uses

Battle of Catalán The Battle of Catalán was fought between the Luso-Brazilian forces under the command of Luís Teles da Silva Caminha e Meneses, the Marquis of Alegrete, and the ''artiguistas'' commanded by Andrés Latorre in Arroyo Catalán, present-day Urugua ...

(1817) in Uruguay *

Catalan Sheepdog The Catalan Sheepdog ( ca, Gos d'atura català, es, Pastor catalán) is a breed of Catalan Pyrenean dog used as a sheepdog. This dog is bred in Europe, especially in Spain, Finland, Germany, and Sweden. Appearance Catalan sheepdogs range i ...

* Catalan Company, medieval mercenary company *

Catalan vault The Catalan vault ( ca, volta catalana), also called thin-tile vault, Catalan turn, Catalan arch, boveda ceiling (Spanish ''bóveda'' 'vault'), or timbrel vault, is a type of low brickwork arch forming a vaulted ceiling that often supports a floor ...

, architectural design element * ''

The Catalans ''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in En ...

'', a 1953 novel by Patrick O'Brian