Barcelona

Alternative forms

• Barcelonia (obsolete)

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Barcelona

1. The capital city of Catalonia (Spain).

Etymology

Two predominant theories are:

• Said to be named after the Carthaginian/Punic general Hamilcar Barca, who supposedly founded it in the 3rd century BCE.
• 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/
• Rhymes: -ona

Proper noun

Barcelona f

1. Barcelona

Proper noun

Barcelona f

1. Barcelona

Further reading

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

Pronunciation

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

• Audio

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Proper noun

Barcelona n

1. Barcelona

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Proper noun

Barcelona n (genitive Barcelonas)

1. Barcelona

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Barcelona

1. Barcelona

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bar.t͡sɛˈlɔ.na/

• Audio

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Proper noun

Barcelona f

1. Barcelona

Further reading

• Barcelona in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Proper noun

Barcelona f

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

Etymology

Two predominant theories are:

• Said to be named after the Carthaginian/Punic general Hamilcar Barca, who supposedly founded it in the 3rd century BC.
• From Iberian Barkeno, attested in an ancient coin inscription, found in Greek Βαρκινών (Barkinṓn) and Latin Barcino, Barcelo, and Barceno.

Pronunciation

• (Castilian) IPA^(key): /baɾθeˈlona/
• (Latin America) IPA^(key): /barseˈlona/

• Audio (Latin America)

  (file)

Proper noun

Barcelona f

1. Barcelona (a province of Catalonia, Spain; capital: Barcelona)
2. Barcelona (a city in Catalonia, Spain)
3. The letter B in the Spanish phonetic alphabet

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish

Proper noun

Barcelona

1. Barcelona (a city in Spain)
2. Barcelona (a municipality of Sorsogon, Philippines)
3. A surname​.

Statistics

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