Barcelona

Barcelona

See also: Barcełona

English

Alternative forms

• Barcelonia (obsolete)

Etymology

From Catalan Barcelona.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌbɑːsəˈləʊnə/

  • Audio (UK)

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌbɑɹsəˈloʊnə/, /ˌbɑɹsɪˈloʊnə/

Proper noun

Barcelona

1. The capital city of Catalonia, Spain.
2. A province of Catalonia, Spain.
3. A municipality of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.
4. A hamlet in Pelynt parish, Cornwall, England.
5. A municipality of Sorsogon, Philippines.
6. An unincorporatedcommunity in Crawford County, Arkansas, United States.
7. The capital city of the state of Anzoátegui, Venezuela.

Derived terms

• Barcelonan, Barcelonian

Translations

capital of Catalonia

Arabic: بَرْشَلُونة‎ f (baršalūna) Hijazi Arabic: بَرْشَلُونة‎ f (baršalōna) Armenian: Բարսելոնա (Barselona) Basque: Bartzelona Belarusian: Барсело́на f (Barsjelóna), Барсэлёна f (Barseljóna) Bulgarian: Барсело́на f (Barselóna) Catalan: Barcelona (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 巴塞羅那／巴塞罗那 (zh) (Basèluōnà) (mainland China), 巴塞隆納／巴塞隆纳 (zh) (Bāsàilóngnà) (Taiwan) Corsican: Barcellona f Czech: Barcelona (cs) f Danish: Barcelona Dutch: Barcelona (nl) n Esperanto: Barcelono (eo) Estonian: Barcelona (et) Finnish: Barcelona (fi) French: Barcelone (fr) f Galician: Barcelona (gl) f Georgian: ბარსელონა (barselona) Greek: Βαρκελώνη (el) f (Varkelóni) Ancient Greek: Βαρκινών (Barkinṓn) Haitian Creole: Baselòn f Hebrew: בַּרְצֶלוֹנָה‎ f (barts'lóna) Hindi: बार्सिलोना m (bārsilonā) Hungarian: Barcelona (hu) Irish: An Bharsalóin f Italian: Barcellona (it) f Japanese: バルセロナ (Baruserona) Kazakh: Барселона (Barselona) Korean: 바르셀로나 (ko) (Bareusellona) Kyrgyz: Барселона (Barselona) Latin: Barcino f Latvian: Barselona f Lithuanian: Barselona f Maltese: Barċellona Marathi: बार्सेलोना n (bārselonā) Norwegian: Barcelona (no) Persian: بارسلون‎ (fa) (bârselon) Polish: Barcelona (pl) f Portuguese: Barcelona (pt) f Romanian: Barcelona f Russian: Барсело́на (ru) f (Barselóna) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: Барсело́на f (Bosnia, Serbia), Барцело́на f (Bosnia, Croatia) Roman: Barselóna f (Bosnia, Serbia), Barcelóna (sh) f (Bosnia, Croatia) Slovak: Barcelona f Slovene: Barcelona (sl) f Spanish: Barcelona (es) f Swedish: Barcelona (sv) Tajik: Барселона (tg) (Barselona) Thai: บาร์เซโลนา Turkish: Barselona Ukrainian: Барсело́на f (Barselóna)

hamlet in Cornwall

Cornish: Krowsfordh Trevelowen

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Bikol Central

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Barcelona, originally from Catalan Barcelona.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Bar‧ce‧lo‧na
• IPA^(key): /baɾseˈlona/

Proper noun

Barcelona

1. Barcelona (the capital city of Catalonia, Spain)
2. Barcelona (a province of Catalonia, Spain)
3. Barcelona (a municipality of the province of Sorsogon, Philippines)

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Catalan

Etymology

From Iberian Barkeno, attested in an ancient coin inscription, found in Greek Βαρκινών (Barkinṓn) and Latin Barcino, Barcelo, and Barceno.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /bəɾ.səˈlo.nə/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /bər.səˈlo.nə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /baɾ.seˈlo.na/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -ona

Proper noun

Barcelona f

1. Barcelona (the capital city of Catalonia, Spain)

   Synonym: (informal) Barna

2. Barcelona (a province of Catalonia, Spain)

Derived terms

• barceloní, barcelonina
• barcelonès, barcelonesa
• Barcelonès
• Barça
• barcelonisme, barcelonista
• Barna

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbart͡sɛlona]

Proper noun

Barcelona f

1. Barcelona (the capital city of Catalonia, Spain)
2. Barcelona (a province of Catalonia, Spain)

Derived terms

• Barceloňan
• barcelonský

Further reading

• Barcelona in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
• Barcelona in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

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Danish

Proper noun

Barcelona

1. Barcelona (the capital city of Catalonia, Spain)
2. Barcelona (a province of Catalonia, Spain)

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Dutch

Alternative forms

• Barcelone (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Barcelona.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌbɑrsəˈloːnaː/
  • (Belgium) IPA^(key): [ˌbɑrsəˈloːna]
  • (Netherlands) IPA^(key): [ˌbɑrsəˈloʊ̯na]

• Audio

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Proper noun

Barcelona n

1. Barcelona (the capital city of Catalonia, Spain)

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˌbaʁsəˈloːna], [ˌbaʁt͡səˈloːna]

• Audio

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Proper noun

Barcelona n (proper noun, genitive Barcelonas or (optionally with an article) Barcelona)

1. Barcelona (the capital city of Catalonia, Spain)

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Hungarian

Etymology

From Catalan Barcelona.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɒrsɛloːnɒ]
• Hyphenation: Bar‧ce‧lo‧na
• Rhymes: -nɒ

Proper noun

Barcelona

1. Barcelona (the capital city of Catalonia, Spain)
2. Barcelona (a province of Catalonia, Spain)

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	Barcelona	—
accusative	Barcelonát	—
dative	Barcelonának	—
instrumental	Barcelonával	—
causal-final	Barcelonáért	—
translative	Barcelonává	—
terminative	Barcelonáig	—
essive-formal	Barcelonaként	—
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	Barcelonában	—
superessive	Barcelonán	—
adessive	Barcelonánál	—
illative	Barcelonába	—
sublative	Barcelonára	—
allative	Barcelonához	—
elative	Barcelonából	—
delative	Barcelonáról	—
ablative	Barcelonától	—
non-attributive possessive - singular	Barcelonáé	—
non-attributive possessive - plural	Barcelonáéi	—

Possessive forms of Barcelona
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	Barcelonám	—
2nd person sing.	Barcelonád	—
3rd person sing.	Barcelonája	—
1st person plural	Barcelonánk	—
2nd person plural	Barcelonátok	—
3rd person plural	Barcelonájuk	—

Derived terms

• barcelonai

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Occitan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baɾseˈluno/

Proper noun

Barcelona f

1. Barcelona (the capital city of Catalonia, Spain)
2. Barcelona (a province of Catalonia, Spain)

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Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Catalan Barcelona.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bar.t͡sɛˈlɔ.na/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔna
• Syllabification: Bar‧ce‧lo‧na

Proper noun

Barcelona f

1. Barcelona (the capital city of Catalonia, Spain)
2. Barcelona (a province of Catalonia, Spain)

Declension

Declension of Barcelona

	singular
nominative	Barcelona
genitive	Barcelony
dative	Barcelonie
accusative	Barcelonę
instrumental	Barceloną
locative	Barcelonie
vocative	Barcelono

Derived terms

adjective

• barceloński

 

nouns

• barcelonka
• barcelończyk

 

Further reading

• Barcelona in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Barcelona in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Catalan Barcelona.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /baʁ.seˈlõ.nɐ/ [bah.seˈlõ.nɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /baʁ.seˈlõ.nɐ/ [bah.seˈlõ.nɐ]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /baɾ.seˈlõ.nɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /baʁ.seˈlõ.nɐ/ [baχ.seˈlõ.nɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /baɻ.seˈlo.na/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɐɾ.sɨˈlo.nɐ/

• Hyphenation: Bar‧ce‧lo‧na

Proper noun

Barcelona f

1. Barcelona (the capital city of Catalonia, Spain)
2. Barcelona (a province of Catalonia, Spain)

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Romanian

Etymology

From Catalan Barcelona.

Proper noun

Barcelona f

1. Barcelona (the capital city of Catalonia, Spain)
2. Barcelona (a province of Catalonia, Spain)

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Slovene

Etymology

From Catalan Barcelona.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bart͡sɛlóːna/

Proper noun

Barcelọ̑na f

1. Barcelona (the capital city of Catalonia, Spain)

References

• “Barcelona”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Catalan Barcelona.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /baɾθeˈlona/ [baɾ.θeˈlo.na]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /baɾseˈlona/ [baɾ.seˈlo.na]

• Audio (Latin America)

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• Audio (Peru)

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• Rhymes: -ona
• Syllabification: Bar‧ce‧lo‧na

Proper noun

Barcelona f

1. Barcelona (the capital city of Catalonia, Spain)

   Synonyms: Barcino, Barna, BSN, Ciudad Condal

2. Barcelona (a province of Catalonia, Spain)
3. the letter B in the Spanish spelling alphabet

Derived terms

• barcelonés
• barcelonismo
• barcelonista

See also

• Barça

Further reading

• “Barcelona”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baʂɛ²loːna/

Proper noun

Barcelona n (genitive Barcelonas)

1. Barcelona (the capital city of Catalonia, Spain)

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Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Barcelona.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Bar‧ce‧lo‧na
• IPA^(key): /baɾseˈlona/, [bɐɾ.seˈlo.nɐ]

Proper noun

Barcelona (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜇ᜔ᜐᜒᜎᜓᜈ)

1. Barcelona (the capital city of Catalonia, Spain)
2. Barcelona (a province of Catalonia, Spain)
3. Barcelona (a municipality of the province of Sorsogon, Philippines)
4. a surname from Spanish

Statistics

According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Barcelona is the 448th most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 19,656 individuals.