(n.) A native or inhabitant of Catalonia; also, the language of Catalonia.
Example Sentences:
(1) In Barcelona, Catalonian flags hang down from every other terraced window; a few months ago, its Nou Camp stadium was filled to 90,000-capacity, with patriots cheering on artists performing in Catalan.
(2) He describes it as "a sexual revolution: a young Catalan man meets a Flemish girl – they fall in love, they get married and they become European, as do their children."
(3) His message was echoed by Albert Royo, of Diplocat, the Catalan body responsible for public diplomacy.
(4) "One way or another, Catalans will vote," he said, noting that municipal and general elections were scheduled for 2015.
(5) The agreement between Junts pel Sí (Together for Yes), a coalition of the centre-right Democratic Convergence of Catalonia (CDC) party and leftist Republican Left of Catalonia ( ERC) party, and the far-left minority partner Popular Unity Candidacy (CUP) gives the separatist bloc a slim majority in the 135-seat Catalan parliament.
(6) The court, in a long and detailed judgment earlier this month, ruled against the Catalans, and managed to add insult to injury by stating that there was only one nation in Spain, and that was the Spanish nation, and that Catalonia, as a historical entity, had only come into being as a result of the Spanish constitution of 1978.
(7) Facebook Twitter Pinterest The Barcelona coach, Luis Enrique, says he is sure striker Lionel Messi is happy at the Catalan club Sources close to Messi told the newspaper El Confidencial : “… there are other elite sportspeople who have tax problems and they’ve all been settled administratively, as was the case with Real Madrid players Xabi Alonso and Iker Casillas and tennis star Rafa Nadal.
(8) Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of Barcelona on September 11 to demand independence, the biggest-ever show of support for a separate Catalan state.
(9) Only one thing could possibly bring such strange bed-companions together, and that is the push towards Catalan independence, with a stated target of 18 months.
(10) They may not be Kurds or Kosovans, but they have much in common with Basques, Bretons and Catalans.
(11) Flag-wrapping reached a new peak this week as Catalan nationalists vowed to hold a referendum on independence or the other options for changing the region's relationship with the rest of Spain – and central government vowed to stop them.
(12) Madrid had not beaten Barcelona by more than a solitary goal in the league since May 2008, the last clash of the pre-Pep Guardiola era at a time when the Catalans were collapsing.
(13) This is our attempt to be democratic in a state that doesn’t respect democracy.” For Jaume Marsany of the Catalan National Assembly, a grassroots, pro-independence group, it was an extraordinary day.
(14) Later that day, over dinner in a private Catalan castle, I am sitting opposite Hollywood's Heather Graham and Jason Silva, her film-producer boyfriend, who have also flown in for the feast, watching as the star of Boogie Nights and The Hangover delicately transfers her food from her plate to her partner's.
(15) The far rightwing La Gaceta on a front page editorial heaped insults on the politicians who had voted for the ban, singling out the man who is likely to become the next Catalan president as "a separatist who hates everything Spanish".
(16) Hundreds packed into Girona’s Independence Square at a rally for leftwing pro-independence party Catalan Republican Left to hear leader Oriol Junqueras urging residents to support independence.
(17) Therapy was carried out in only one language, namely Catalan.
(18) I usually have meetings with my group (Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe), with the European commission and the European central bank … I get a lot of petitions from fishermen, cattle breeders and other collectives because in Catalonia it's quite a traditional move to contact a politician from the Convergence [party which is the opposition to the Catalan government].
(19) Josep Lluís Cusidó, mayor of the small Catalan town of Vallmoll, was at the museum as part of a wedding anniversary trip with his wife.
(20) According to the newspaper, the back of the shirt will also incorporate the Catalan flag, as featured on the club’s fourth kit this season.
Catalonian
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Example Sentences:
(1) In Barcelona, Catalonian flags hang down from every other terraced window; a few months ago, its Nou Camp stadium was filled to 90,000-capacity, with patriots cheering on artists performing in Catalan.
(2) The everyday mainstream usage of the national language, plus clear memories of an authoritarian Spanish state – hardly dimmed by current threats from Madrid, challenging the legitimacy of any referendum – gives Catalonian independence a historical clarity and focus.
(3) For Marta Masats, as for many here, Catalonian independence has not been the goal of a lifetime.
(4) Voter turnout in Sunday’s Catalonian election was at a record high of 77.4%.
(5) A random sample from the Catalonian population was studied for 4 serum polymorphisms (HP, GC, Gm, Km).
(6) With nearly 18% of the vote, the centrist Citizens party won 25 seats on Sunday, making it the second largest party in the Catalonian parliament, nearly tripling its support in seats (it won nine in 2012) and votes (from 275,000 to nearly 735,000).
(7) That would mean zero Spanish banks September 20, 2012 2.39pm BST Key event Back to Spain, where Catalonian president Artur Mas held a meeting with Spanish prime minister Mariano Rajoy earlier today to ask for a new tax deal for the region.
(8) The Gm patterns of the Catalonian populations are characterized by the presence of four haplotypes, Gm 1,17;21,26 Gm 1,2,17;21,26 Gm 1,3;5,10,11,13,14,26 and Gm 3;5,10,11,13,14,26.
(9) The EU has supported the experiment by sharing the cost with the Spanish and Catalonian governments.
(10) The Catalonian government, one of 17 semi-autonomous regions in Spain , launched a legal case to force the central Madrid administration of Mariano Rajoy to send €759m in unpaid tax monies back to Barcelona.
(11) For the haplotype Gm 1,2;17,21,26, affinities are observed between Catalonian populations and other populations from central Europe.
(12) There has been a surge in calls for Catalonian independence, with between 600,000 and 1.5m people marching on the streets of Barcelona last week.
(13) A new problem is the Catalonian referendum, which is scheduled for 25 November.
(14) And part of Catalonian identity is that it sees itself as more forward-thinking than Madrid.” Outside the Rosa de Foc bookshop in Barcelona’s university district, a faded banner proudly celebrates the spirit of the tumultuous summer of 1936: “Neither wars nor frontiers: CNT Catalunya”.
(15) However, there are some trends in the Catalonian result that could have an impact on the general election.
(16) Blood samples from two Catalonian populations (North-East of Spain) were analysed for glyoxalase (GLO) I polymorphism.
(17) In the 2012 Catalonian election, the parties that make up Junts pel Sí and CUP won a combined 1.74m votes.
(18) Marchers wave Catalonian flags in Barcelona this month, calling for independence from Madrid.
(19) His intervention confirms long-held suspicions that the Madrid government will resist the Scottish government's plans because of its rejection of Catalonian independence, which has seen large marches in Barcelona in favour of secession.
(20) This suggests that the high prevalence of anti-rubella antibodies shown by the survey is due not so much to the existence of effective vaccination programmes as to the fact that the wild virus is extremely widespread among the Catalonian population, similar to certain continental areas of Asia and Africa.