CATALONIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Catalonia mean? 

• CATALONIA (noun)
  The noun CATALONIA has 1 sense:

1. a region of northeastern Spain

  Familiarity information: CATALONIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CATALONIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A region of northeastern Spain

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

district; dominion; territorial dominion; territory (a region marked off for administrative or other purposes)

Holonyms ("Catalonia" is a part of...):

Espana; Kingdom of Spain; Spain (a parliamentary monarchy in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula; a former colonial power)

Derivation:

Catalan (relating to or characteristic of the Catalan language)

Catalan (relating to or denoting or characteristic of Catalonia or its inhabitants)

 Context examples 

After a very careful analysis, we are 99% confident that the planet is there, stated the team’s lead scientist, Ignasi Ribas (Institute of Space Studies of Catalonia and the Institute of Space Sciences, CSIC in Spain).

(Super-Earth Discovered Around Barnard's Star, ESO)