Catalan

Catalan (or its plural, catalanes) can refer to:

• The Catalan language, the official denomination used in Catalonia, the Balearic Islands, Andorra, the Aragon Strip, the Sardinian city of Alguer, and unofficial in the French region of the Rosellón to refer to the Romance language called Valencian in the Valencian Community and the region of El Carche (Region of Murcia).
• About the Spanish Autonomous Community Catalonia.
• Them Catalanthe natives of the Spanish Autonomous Community of Catalonia and the historical region of the Rosellón, in southern France.

It can also refer to the following place names:

• Catalan (New Sparta State), a locality of Venezuela.
• The Catalan stream, a stream of Uruguay.
• The Catalan escortan islet in Italy.

Also, in astronomy, can refer to:

• Catalan (crater)A crater of the moon.

Also, in history, it can refer to:

• La Battle of the Catalan, which developed in 1817 on the shores of the Catalan brook, between the artistic forces of General Andrés Latorre and the Portuguese of the general captain of Rio Grande do Sul, the Marquis Luís Teles da Silva Caminha e Meneses, and the guerrilla José de Abreu, with victory of the latter.

Also, as a last name, you can refer to the following people:

• Alfredo Catalán Shick (n. 1968), a Venezuelan politician and lawyer.
• Andrés Catalán (n. 1983), a Spanish poet and translator.
• Antonio Catalán Díaz (n 1948), a Spanish entrepreneur.
• Diego Catalán (1928-2008), a Spanish philologist and dialectologist.
• Elmo Catalán (1932-1970), a Chilean journalist.
• José Catalán Deus (n. 1949), a Spanish journalist and writer.
• José Catalán Salazar (n. 1981), a Chilean footballer.
• Miguel Catalán Paz (n. 1980), another Chilean footballer.
• Miguel Catalán Sañudo (1894-1957), a Spanish scientist.

Also, like Catalan (without tilde), it can refer to:

• Catalan Baya bay of Gibraltar.
• Eugène Charles CatalanA Belgian mathematician.