Catalonia

Introduction

Catalonia (kătəlōˈnēə) [key], Catalan Catalunya, Span. Cataluña, autonomous region (1990 pop. 6,165,638), NE Spain, stretching from the Pyrenees at the French border southward along the Mediterranean Sea.

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