Catalan

Definitions: Catalan

Catalan

Adjective

1. Relating to or denoting or characteristic of Catalonia or its inhabitants; "Catalan independence movement".

2. Relating to or characteristic of the Catalan language; "Catalan poetry".

Noun

1. A native or inhabitant of Catalonia.

2. The Romance language spoken in Catalonia in eastern Spain (related to Spanish and Occitan).

Date "Catalan" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1613. (references)

Crosswords: Catalan

English words defined with "Catalan": American forge ♦ Catalan forge ♦ Greillade. (references)

Specialty definitions using "Catalan": Champlain forge ♦ Masdeu. (references)

Etymologies containing "Catalan": Sarplier. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Catalan" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses.

Romanian (catalan, catalonian).

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Commercial Usage: Catalan

Domain	Title
Books	Catalan (Teach Yourself) (reference) Catalan Business Glossary (reference) Catalan Cuisine (reference) Catalan Cuisine: Europe's Last Great Culinary Secret (reference) The Catalan Country Kitchen: Foods and Wine from the Pyrenees to the Mediterranean Seacoast of Barcelona (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Catalan Writing (reference) (more periodical examples)

Music	Joan Baptista Pla: Catalan Flute Music of the 18th Century (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Catalan

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Non-Fiction Usage: Catalan

Subject	Topic	Quote
Civil Liberties	Moldova	However, observers noted that despite repeated warnings, Catalan had continued broadcasting materials during the parliamentary elections that were in violation of the electoral law, which limits broadcasting time to each party. (references)
Economic History	Andorra	Languages: Catalan (official), Spanish, French. (references)
	Andorra	Ethnic groups: Catalan, Spanish, French, Portuguese. (references)
Minorities	Spain	The Law of the Catalan Language, approved by the Catalan regional legislature (Generalitat) in 1998, stipulates the use of Catalan as the official language in local government and administrative offices, regional courts, publicly owned corporations, and private companies subsidized by the Catalan regional Government. (references)
Political Economy	SPAIN	In 1998, the Catalan regional government adopted a decree under its new law on language policy, which called for both dubbing and screen quotas in order to increase the number of films being shown in the Catalan language. (references)
Trade	Spain	This law called for both dubbing and screen quotas in order to increase the number of films being shown in the Catalan language. (references)
Travel	Spain	There are certain regions in Spain with a second official language: Catalan in Catalonia, Valencia, and the Balearic Islands; Galician/Portuguese in Galicia; and Basque in the Basque country. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Catalan

"Catalan" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 84.62% of the time. "Catalan" is used about 78 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)	84.62%	66	41,290
Noun (singular)	14.1%	11	106,044
Noun (proper)	1.28%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	78	N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: Catalan

The following table summarizes the usage of "Catalan" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.

Name	Usage/Gender	Usage per 100 million Persons	Rank in USA
Catalan	Last name	1,000	8,405
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: Catalan

Expressions using "Catalan": Catalan forge ♦ Catalan furnace. Additional references.
Hypenated Usage
	Ending with "Catalan": non-catalan.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Catalan

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
catalan	115	catalan pastor	4
catalan translation	56	catalan translator	4
catalan diccionario español	28	catalan map	3
catalan language	14	catalan pirineo	3
catalan dictionary	11	catalan de traductor	3
catalan traductor	9	castellano catalan diccionario	3
diccionario catalan	7	atlas catalan	3
castellano catalan traductor	7	catalan cava	3
catalan sheepdog	7	catalan phrase	3
catalan recipe	7	catalan constant	3
born catalan surrealist	6	catalan sheepdogs	3
catalan literature	6	alan catalan	2
catalan español traductor	6	catalan champagne	2
catalan numbers	6	catalan clases de	2
catalan english dictionary	5	catalan cataluña idioma	2
learn catalan	5	catalan español	2
catalan cuisine	5	learning catalan	2
catalan vichy	5	catalan sergio	2
catalan coyuca de mexico	5	catalan dictionary english online	2
castellano catalan texto traductor	4	catalan flag	2
		catalan surname	2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Catalan

Language		Translations for "Catalan"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Asturian		Catalán. (various references)

Bulgarian		каталонски, каталонец. (various references)

Catalan		catal� . (various references)

Cebuano		Catalano. (various references)

Czech		katalánský. (various references)

Frisian		Katalaansk. (various references)

German		katalanisch, katalanin, katalane. (various references)

Hungarian		katalán. (various references)

Italian		catalano. (various references)

Pig Latin		atalancay

Portuguese		catalão. (various references)

Romanian		catalan (catalonian). (various references)

Russian		каталонский. (various references)

Samoan		Katalana. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		katalonski, katalonac. (various references)

Spanish		catalán (Catalonian). (various references)

Swedish		katalansk. (various references)

Turkish		katalonyalı kimse, katalonyalı, katalonya veya dili ile ilgili, katalonya lehçesi. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Misspellings: Catalan

Misspellings
	"Catalan" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Atalan, Batala, Cactaeae, Calata, Cartagana, catalac, Catalana, Catalin, catarain, Catarax, Catella, Cathayan, cathlon, Cattlin, Cetelem, Citosan, Coatalen, Coutelan, Ctislav, Cualann, Fatahland, Gataullin, Katalin, Seatallan, Shaalan. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Catalan"

Words rhyming with "Catalan" (pronounced 'Cat"a*lan'): Alan, Atellan, Brelan, Castellan, Castillan, Chulan, Clan, 'Elan, Hortulan, Kalan, Koulan, Ortolan, Oxalan, Pollan, Raglan, Rataplan, Uhlan, Xylan, Xylophilan, Yulan. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Catalan

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: cantala.
	Words within the letters "a-a-a-c-l-n-t"
	-2 letters: alant, canal, natal.
	-3 letters: acta, alan, anal, anta, cant, clan, tala, talc.
	-4 letters: aal, act, ala, alt, ana, ant, can, cat, lac, lat, tan.
	-5 letters: aa, al, an, at, la, na, ta.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-a-c-l-n-t"
	+1 letter: analecta, cantalas.
	+2 letters: aplanatic, charlatan, fanatical.
	+3 letters: anacolutha, analytical, anaplastic, anatomical, catamenial, charlatans, scarlatina.
	+4 letters: acclamation, analemmatic, antiradical, avocational, campanulate, cardinalate, charlatanry, fanatically, fantastical, lactational, sacramental, satanically, scarlatinal, scarlatinas.
	+5 letters: acclamations, aeronautical, analphabetic, analytically, anaphylactic, anatomically, antibacklash, anticatalyst, canalization, cardinalates, charlatanism, excavational, extracranial, intracardial, intracranial, sacramentals, tabernacular, vacationland.
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