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	Catalan can refer to: Catalan people Catalan people The Catalans are the people from Catalonia, an Autonomous Community of Spain, including people originating in that region but living elsewhere. The inhabitants of the adjacent portion of southern France ? known in Catalonia proper as Catalunya Nord , and in France as the Pays Catalan ? are often included in this definition.... Catalan language Catalan language Catalan is a Romance languages, the national language and official language of Andorra, and a official language in the Autonomous Communities of Spain of the Balearic Islands, Catalonia and Valencian Community and in the city of Alghero in the Italy List of islands in the Mediterranean of Sardinia.... Catalan Countries Catalan Countries The Catalan language term *Pa?sos Catalans* refers to the territories of Catalan language. A political side to this concept sprung out simultaneously to its cultural dimension, and what had remained as a cultural term for connaisseurs then rose to prominence and became highly controversial during the Spanish Transition period, most acr... Catalan wine Catalan wine Catalan wine is wine made in the Spanish wine region of Catalonia. More rarely, the term may also be used to refer to some French wines made in the Catalan people influenced region of Roussillon.... An inhabitant of Catalonia Catalonia Catalonia , is an Autonomous Community in northeast Spain.Catalonia covers an area of 32,114 km? and has an official population of 7,210,508. It borders France and Andorra to the north, Aragon to the west, the Valencian Community to the south, and the Mediterranean Sea to the east .... Catalan Ornithological Institute Catalan Ornithological Institute The Catalan Ornithological Institute is a Non-profit organization, established in 1975 for aid the study of birds in Catalonia, with the name of Grup Catal? d'Anellament.... Eugène Charles Catalan Eugène Charles Catalan Eug?ne Charles Catalan was a France and Belgium mathematician.... , a mathematician Catalan number Catalan number In combinatorics, the Catalan numbers form a sequence of natural numbers that occur in various counting problems, often involvingrecursion defined objects.... , a concept in mathematics Catalan solid Catalan solid In mathematics, a Catalan solid, or Archimedean dual, is a dual polyhedron to an Archimedean solid. The Catalan solids are named for the Belgium mathematician, Eug?ne Catalan, who first described them in 1865.... , a concept in mathematics Catalan's conjecture, a recently-resolved open problem in mathematics Catalan's constant Catalan's constant In mathematics, Catalan's constant G, which occasionally appears in estimates in combinatorics, is defined bywhere ? is the Dirichlet beta function.... , mathematical constant Miguel Ángel Catalán Miguel Ángel Catalán Miguel ?ngel Catal?n Sa?udo was a Spain spectroscopy. Born in Zaragoza, he obtained his degree in chemistry from the University of Zaragoza and received in doctorate in Madrid in 1917.... (1894-1957), Spanish spectroscopist Catalán (crater) Catalán (crater) Catal?n is a small Moon impact crater that lies almost along the southwest limb of the Moon. At this position the crater is ill-suited for observation from the Earth as it is viewed almost from the side, and visibility is subject to libration effects.... , a lunar crater named for M. A. Catalán Catalan Opening Catalan Opening The Catalan is a chess opening which can be considered to be White adopting a mixture of the Queen's Gambit and R?ti Opening: White plays d4 and c4 and fianchettoes the white bishop on g2.... , a chess opening Catalan forge, an early type of open-hearth furnace Catalan vault Catalan vault The Catalan vault, also called the Catalan turn or Catalan arch or a timbrel vault, is a type of low arch made of plain bricks often used to make a structural floor surface.... , an architectural feature (also known as a Catalan arch or a Catalan turn) Catalan Atlas Catalan Atlas The Catalan Atlas is the most important Catalan map of the medieval period. It was produced by the Majorcan cartographic school and is attributed to Cresques Abraham.... , a work of cartography in the 14th century Catalan Company Catalan Company The Catalan Company of the East , officially the Company of the Army of the Franks#Crusaders and other Western Europeans as "Franks" in Byzantine empire, sometimes called the Grand Company and widely known as the Catalan Company, was a free company of mercenary founded by Roger de Flor in the early 14th-century.... (or Catalan Grand Company), a mercenary free company in 14th century Europe Catalan Punt Volat Interpunct An interpunct is a small dot used for interword separation in ancient Latin alphabet, being perhaps the first consistent visual representation of word boundaries in written language.... , an orthographic symbol Catalan Communications Catalan Communications Catalan Communications was a New York publishing company, operated by Bernd Metz, which mainly focused on English-language translations of European graphic novels, presented in a series of high-quality trade paperbacks.... , a publisher of graphic novels during the 1980s Moses Chayyim Catalan Moses Chayyim Catalan Moses Chayyim Catalan was an Italian poet. A son of the physician Abraham Catalan, he was rabbi in his native town, and died there at an advanced age in 1661.... a rabbi of Italy An alternative name used in France for wine made from the Carignan grape Catalan Dragons, a rugby league football club Catalan (game), a card game