Catalans
Northeastern Spanish people
Catalans are the people native to Catalonia, an autonomous region in northeastern Spain centered on Barcelona.
The term also refers to anyone who speaks Catalan, a Romance language distinct from Spanish.
Catalans have a strong regional identity and culture, with ongoing movements for greater autonomy or independence from Spain: The Catalans voted in a controversial independence referendum in 2017.
Freedom from external control
- separatismAdvocacy for political breakaway
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
- referendumDirect vote on legislation
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
nationalism · self-determination · secession · devolution · regionalism · federalism · parliament · statute
Catalan circle dance
Catalan capital city
- SpainIberian Peninsula country
- BalearicSpanish archipelago designation
- AndorraPyrenean European microstate
- PyreneesFranco-Spanish mountain range
Mediterranean · Iberian · Galicians · Castilians · diaspora · ancestry · heritage · lineage
Former Iberian kingdom
- ReconquistaIberian Christian territorial recovery
- medievalOf the Middle Ages
- countsTotals or matters
- mercenariesSoldiers paid to fight
Wilfred · War · Franco · dictatorship · repression · republic · civil · war
Latin-descended language group
- ValencianFrom Valencia, Spain
- CastilianSpain's official language
- bilingualSpeaking two languages
- dialectRegional language variety
vocabulary · grammar · orthography · pronunciation · native · speakers · literary · medieval
independence
Freedom from external control
- separatismAdvocacy for political breakaway
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
- referendumDirect vote on legislation
sovereignty · nationalism · self-determination · secession · devolution · regionalism · federalism · parliament · statute · constitution
sardana
Catalan circle dance
Barcelona
Catalan capital city
- SpainIberian Peninsula country
- BalearicSpanish archipelago designation
- AndorraPyrenean European microstate
Pyrenees · Mediterranean · Iberian · Galicians · Castilians · diaspora · ancestry · heritage · lineage · descendants
Aragon
Former Iberian kingdom
- ReconquistaIberian Christian territorial recovery
- medievalOf the Middle Ages
- countsTotals or matters
Wilfred · mercenaries · War · Franco · dictatorship · repression · republic · civil · war · siege
Romance
Latin-descended language group
dialect · vocabulary · grammar · orthography · pronunciation · native · speakers · literary · medieval · standardization
- peoplesAmericans, British, Chinese, French, Germans
- Iberian HistorySpain, Portugal, Iberia, Castile, Aragon
- ethnic groupsJews, Arabs, Chinese, Irish, Greeks
- Iberian peoplesSpaniards, Portuguese, Galicians, Andalusians, Castilians
- Medieval PeoplesFranks, Saxons, Visigoths, Ostrogoths, Vandals
- minoritiesethnic minorities, religious minorities, minority rights, Roma, Kurds
CatalansCastilians
People from central Spain
Spaniards · centralists · Andalusians · constitutionalists · Galicians