Barcelona

See also: Barcełona

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Ultimately borrowed from Catalan Barcelona.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˌbɑːsəˈləʊnə/
    • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˌbɑɹsəˈloʊnə/, /ˌbɑɹsɪˈloʊnə/
  • Rhymes: -əʊnə

Proper noun

Barcelona

  1. The capital city of Catalonia, Spain.
    • 2014 November 22, Miles Brignall, “Victory against Vodafone for schoolteacher billed £15,000”, in The Guardian[1]:
      Sarah Harvey, an NHS worker from Brighton, was also told by Vodafone that she had to pay a £5,800 bill run up after she was hit on the head by a cyclist, again in Barcelona this summer.
  2. A province of Catalonia, Spain.
  3. A municipality of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.
  4. A hamlet in Pelynt parish, Cornwall, England.
  5. Places in the Philippines:
    1. A barangay of Solsona, Ilocos Norte, Philippines.
    2. A municipality of Sorsogon, Philippines.
      Coordinate terms: Barcelona, Bulan, Bulusan, Casiguran, Castilla, Donsol, Gubat, Irosin, Juban, Magallanes, Matnog, Pilar, Prieto Diaz, Santa Magdalena, Sorsogon Citycities and municipalities of Sorsogon
    3. A barangay of Dapitan, Zamboanga del Norte, Philippines.
    4. A barangay of Lingig, Surigao del Sur, Philippines.
  6. An unincorporated community in Crawford County, Arkansas, United States.
  7. The capital city of the state of Anzoátegui, Venezuela.

Derived terms

Translations

Bikol Central

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Barcelona, originally from Catalan Barcelona.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: Bar‧ce‧lo‧na
  • IPA(key): /baɾseˈlona/ [baɾ.seˈl̪o.n̪a]

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)

Catalan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Barcelona f

  1. Barcelona (the capital city of Catalonia, Spain)
    Synonym: (informal) Barna
  2. Barcelona (a province of Catalonia, Spain)

Derived terms

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbart͡sɛlona]

Proper noun

Barcelona f (relational adjective barcelonský, demonym Barceloňan, female demonym Barceloňanka)

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

Declension

Further reading

Danish

Proper noun

Barcelona

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

Dutch

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Barcelona.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌbɑrsəˈloːnaː/
  • Audio:(file)

Proper noun

Barcelona n

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

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌbaʁsəˈloːna/, (seldom also) /ˌbaʁt͡səˈloːna/
  • Audio:(file)

Proper noun

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

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

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

Occitan

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baɾseˈluno/

Proper noun

Barcelona f

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

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

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

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Catalan Barcelona.

Pronunciation

 
  • (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)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Catalan Barcelona.

Proper noun

Barcelona f

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

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 (in Slovene), 2014–2025

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Catalan Barcelona.

Pronunciation

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. Barcelona (the capital city of the state of Anzoátegui, Venezuela)
  4. the letter B in the Spanish spelling alphabet

Derived terms

See also

Further reading

Swedish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baʂɛ²loːna/

Proper noun

Barcelona n (genitive Barcelonas)

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

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Barcelona.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /baɾseˈlona/ [bɐɾ.sɛˈloː.n̪ɐ]
  • Rhymes: -ona
  • Syllabification: Bar‧ce‧lo‧na

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.