Maldives

Maldives (an archipelago and country in South Asia, located in the Indian Ocean off the coast of India)


Alps

Alps (a mountain range in Western Europe)


Urals

Urals (a mountain range in European Russia)


Andes

Borrowed from Spanish Andes, from Quechua anti (“east”).

Andes (a mountain range in South America)


Bermudes

Bermuda (an archipelago and overseas territory of the United Kingdom in the North Atlantic Ocean)


Comores

Comoros (A country and group of islands in the Indian Ocean off the coast of East Africa)


Açores

Borrowed from Portuguese Açores, from açores, plural of açor (“goshawk”), a cognate of Catalan astor.

Azores (an archipelago and autonomous region of Portugal, located in Atlantic Ocean)


messes

Inherited from Latin messes, plural of messis (“harvest”).


EAU

Initialism of Emirats Àrabs Units (“United Arab Emirates”).

initialism

United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates#English

UAE, United Arab Emirates (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)


asperges

From the phrase asperges me (“sprinkle me”), found in the Latin version of Psalm 51, from Latin aspergō (“I sprinkle”).

The antiphon recited during this rite, traditionally a Latin version of Psalm 51.


Nils

Ultimately from Latin asinus (“donkey”).

a town of the Rosselló (Roussillon) district in Northern Catalonia, now part of the Pyrénées-Orientales department in France. French name: Nyls


golfes

Plural form of golfa, itself Inherited from Old Catalan algorfa, from Arabic غُرْفَة (ḡurfa, “room, compartment”).


EUA

Emirats Àrabs Units
Emirats Àrabs Units#Catalan

UAE, United Arab Emirates (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East); initialism of Emirats Àrabs Units (“United Arab Emirates”)


Dolomites

Dolomites (a mountain range of the Alps in north-eastern Italy)


Landes

Borrowed from French Landes, from Gaulish *landa (“(open) land”).

Landes (a department of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France; capital: Mont-de-Marsan)


tisores

Inherited from Old Catalan tesores, tosores, from Latin (forfices) tonsōrĭas, from tonsus. Compare Spanish tijera, Portuguese tesoura, Galician tesoiras, Asturian tixeres, tisories. The -i-, also found in Spanish and Asturian, may be explained due to gradual influence from Old French cisoires, ciseaux (cf. Catalan cisalla).


noces

Inherited from Old Catalan noces, from Vulgar Latin *nŏptiās, alteration of Latin nuptiās.


Dolors

a female given name, equivalent to English Dolores


Balcans

els Balcans (canonical masculine plural)

Balkans (a geographical region in southeastern Europe)


Falles

Fallas (celebration held in Valencia in March)


pessigolles

Probably from cossigolles influenced by pessigar (“to pinch”).

Però ell no tenia por. Només pessigolles. Va riure. Un riure subaquàtic, sí.

2002, Albert Sánchez Piñol, chapter 9, in La pell freda, La Campana, →ISBN:


Cànoes

From Canoves, contraction of cases noves (“new houses”).

a town of the Rosselló (Roussillon) district in Northern Catalonia, now part of the Pyrénées-Orientales department in France. French name: Canohès


Torderes

From the plural of tordera, from Latin turdāria, itself plural of turdārium (“thrush farm”), from turdus (“thrush”).

a town of the Rosselló (Roussillon) district in Northern Catalonia, now part of the Pyrénées-Orientales department in France. French name: Tordères


Salses

Inherited from Latin Salsulās, derived from salsus (“salty”), so-called due to the presence of nearby salt mines.


Pollestres

Inherited from Latin palūdestris, feminine of palūdester (“swampy, marshy”), from palūs, palūdis (“swamp, marsh”) + -ester.

a town of the Rosselló (Roussillon) district in Northern Catalonia, now part of the Pyrénées-Orientales department in France


Països Catalans

Popularized by Joan Fuster in the essay Nosaltres, els valencians (1962).

Catalan Countries, including the regions: l'Alguer, Andorra, el Carxe, Catalunya, la Catalunya Nord, la Franja de Ponent, les Illes Balears and el País Valencià


Cluses

town of the Vallespir district, in the Northern Catalonia, now part of the Pyrénées-Orientales department in France


Prats de Molló i la Presta

ca-proper noun

Prats de Molló i la Presta m pl (plural only)

Vila of the Vallespir district, in the Northern Catalonia, now part of the Pyrénées-Orientales department in France


Illes Balears

les Illes Balears (canonical feminine plural)

Balearic Islands
Balearic Islands#English

autonomous community
autonomous community

Balearic Islands (an autonomous community and province of Spain)


Serrans

Els Serrans (canonical masculine plural)

Los Serranos, Serrans (a comarca in Valencia, Valencia, Spain, which is not Catalan-speaking)


Banys i Palaldà

Els Banys i Palaldà (canonical masculine plural)

Northern Catalonia
Northern Catalonia#English

Amélie-les-Bains-Palalda (a town in Vallespir district, Pyrénées-Orientales department, Occitanie, in the historical region of Northern Catalonia)


Arles

→ French: Arles

Holonym: Vallespir

Arles-sur-Tech (a town in Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie, France)


set pecats capitals

Meronyms: orgull, enveja, gola, avarícia, luxúria, peresa, ira


Estats Units d'Amèrica

Estats Units d'Amèrica m pl (plural only)

LL-Q7026 (cat)-Millars-Estats Units d'Amèrica.wav

United States of America
United States of America#English

United States of America (a country in North America)


Pirineus Atlàntics

Calqued from French Pyrénées-Atlantiques.


Migdia-Pirineus

administrative region
administrative region

Midi-Pyrénées (a former administrative region of France; since 2016, part of the administrative region of Occitania)


Països Baixos

Kingdom of the Netherlands
Kingdom of the Netherlands#English

constituent countries
constituent country

Netherlands (The main constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located primarily in Western Europe bordering Germany and Belgium)

Netherlands, Kingdom of the Netherlands (a country in Western Europe, consisting of four constituent countries: the Netherlands per se, Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten)


Bahames

Bahamas (an archipelago and country in the Caribbean)


Atenes

Borrowed from Latin Athēnas, from Ancient Greek Ἀθῆναι (Athênai).


livideses cadavèriques

ca-noun

livideses cadavèriques f pl (plural only)


Filipines

Philippines (a country in Southeast Asia)


Mossos d'Esquadra

ca-proper noun

els Mossos d'Esquadra m pl (plural only)

els Mossos d'Esquadra (canonical masculine plural)

Mossos d'Esquadra
Mossos d'Esquadra#English

Mossos d'Esquadra (the police force of Catalonia)


Cíclades

Borrowed from Latin Cyclades, from Ancient Greek Κυκλάδες (Kukládes).

Cyclades (An archipelago of Greece in the Aegean)


adives

Borrowed from Arabic الذِّئْبَة (aḏ-ḏiʔba).


Marques

Marche (an administrative region in central Italy)


Pallars

From pallar (“covered in straw”), from Latin paleāris, probably in reference to huts with thatched roofs.

A historical territory of Catalonia, now divided into Pallars Sobirà and Pallars Jussà


Canàries

Canary Islands (an archipelago and autonomous community of Spain)


Emirats Àrabs Units

LL-Q7026 (cat)-Millars-Emirats Àrabs Units.wav

United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates#English:_Q878

United Arab Emirates (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)


encreuats

Ellipsis of mots encreuats (“crossword”).


tentines

Fa tentines, està a punt de caure, però sempre aconsegueix fer aquell mig pas que li permet mantenir-se dret.

2007, José Moreno Arenas, Trilogies indigestes (I), Ediciones carena, →ISBN, page 97:

He staggers, he almost falls, but he always manages to make that half step that allows him to stay upright.


Mossos

Tot i que ell continuava mantenint la seva versió, a poc a poc els Mossos van anar descartant línies d’investigació.

2015 January 16, “Un nen fingeix el seu segrest a Salou perquè no havia fet els deures”, in El País, retrieved 2020-12-11:

Mossos d'Esquadra
Mossos d'Esquadra#Catalan


tovalles

tablecloth (cloth on which table settings are placed)


llimbs

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin limbus.

slbor

(Roman Catholicism) limbo (the place where innocent souls exist)


Estats Federats de Micronèsia

ca-proper noun

Estats Federats de Micronèsia f pl (plural only)

LL-Q7026 (cat)-Millars-Estats Federats de Micronèsia.wav

Federated States of Micronesia
Federated States of Micronesia


calçons

Ultimately from Latin calceus (“type of boot > footwear”) or a derivative thereof (see calcea (“stocking, sock”)). Compare Portuguese calças (“pants, trousers”) (also, calção (“shorts”)) and Galician calzóns (“pants, breeches”).


anys i panys

–Em consta que fa anys i panys que s'ha abandonat la ruta.

2002, Albert Sánchez Piñol, La pell freda, La Campana, →ISBN:

–It's obvious that the route was abandoned ages ago.

Però aquest noi tan alt i que ja fa anys i panys que s'afaita, és de debò el meu fill?

2010, Marta Alós, Brahim Yabbed, Entre imams i capellans, Pagès Editors, →ISBN:

But this tall boy who started shaving years and years ago, is he really my son?


carantoines

Alguns xiuxiuejaven, o s'abraçaven amb unes carantoines a mig camí entre la lluita i la fraternitat, però aquests tampoc em treien els ulls del damunt.

2002, Albert Sánchez Piñol, chapter 13, in La pell freda, La Campana, →ISBN:

Some whispered, or they hugged with caressess that were halfway between fight and brotherhood, but those did not take their eyes off me either.


Boques del Roine

Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur#English

Bouches-du-Rhône (a department of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France; capital: Marseille)


Alps de l'Alta Provença

ca-proper noun

Alps de l'Alta Provença m pl (plural only)


Alts de França

Hauts-de-France (an administrative region of France, created in 2016 by the merger of Nord-Pas-de-Calais and Picardy)


Apalatxes

Ultimately from the name of the Apalachees, a Muskogean people.

Appalachians (a mountain range in North America)


Ciutadans

Ciutadans portarà els pressupostos de la Generalitat del 2020 al Consell de Garanties Estatutàries (CGE), cosa que podria retardar-ne l'aprovació un mes.

2020 March 13, “Cs portarà els pressupostos al Consell de Garanties Estatutàries i ajornarà un mes l'aprovació dels comptes”, in ara.cat:

a Spanish political party, in Spanish Ciudadanos


Abruços

Abruzzo (an administrative region in central Italy)


Hèbrides

[ˈɛ.βɾi.ðəs]


esmocadores

From esmocar + -dora. Plurale tantum by analogy with tisores.

candle snuffer (pair of scissors used for trimming wicks)


endreçúries

Adéu, viles i platges i boscúries / d'aqueixes endreçúries.

1886, Jacint Verdaguer, Canigó, Edicions Proa, published 2002, page 376:

Farewell, towns and beaches and dense woods / of those out-of-the-way places.


cossigolles

Variant of cosseguelles. Compare Spanish cosquillas.


Pirineus Orientals

Pyrénées-Orientales (a department of Occitanie, France; capital: Perpignan)


beceroles

(by extension) primer (introductory text on any subject)


ganyips

Aigua i ganyips per ajudar-nos a encarar el tram final, rocós i costerut.

Water and trail mix to help us face the final stretch, rocky and steep.

gorp, trail mix (a mixture of nuts and dried fruit for snacking)


pebrots de ruc

rampion mignonette, corn mignonette (Reseda phyteuma)


alts i baixos

Els alts i baixos dins de la pugna amb el Govern central que en el seu moment va obrir l’expresident Artur Mas i que avui manté Carles Puigdemont al costat del seu soci d’Esquerra Republicana, Oriol Junqueras i el suport extern dels anticapitalistes de la CUP, han estat una constant.

2017 May 24, Miquel Noguer, “El procés sobiranista entra en hores baixes en el seu moment més decisiu”, in El País:

ups and downs (periods of positive and negative events, moods, etc.)


topants

Conec aquests topants com el palmell de la meva mà.

I know these parts like the palm of my hand.


escorrialles

Va alçar el vas per empassar-se les escorrialles de llet.

She raised the glass to gulp down the last drops of milk.


bavalles

leavings, leftovers (on a dinner plate, in an animal's dish, etc.)


clemàstecs

Inherited from Old Catalan cremascles, Vulgar Latin *cremastulum, from Ancient Greek κρεμαστήρ (kremastḗr, “suspender”).

der

trammel (set of rings or other hanging devices, used to hang cooking pots etc.)


illes Galápagos

Partial calque of Spanish islas Galápagos.

partial calque

An archipelago off the coast of Ecuador, in the Pacific Ocean


Illes Salomó

illes Salomó (canonical feminine plural)

Calque of Spanish Islas Salomón. Named after Biblical King Solomon.

Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands#English:_Q685

Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands#English:_Q148966

Solomon Islands (A country consisting of the majority of the Solomon Islands archipelago in Melanesia, in Oceania, as well as the Santa Cruz Islands)

Solomon Islands (An archipelago in Melanesia, split between the countries of the Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea)


pampallugues

From Ancient Greek πομφόλυγας (pomphólugas), accusative plural of Ancient Greek πομφόλυξ (pomphólux, “bubble, blister”). Compare Italian fanfaluca.


bitlles de sis

a form of skittles played in the Catalan Countries with six bitlles, or pins, and three bitllots, which are used in place of balls to knock them over


bitlles catalanes

From bitlles (“skittles”) + catalanes, feminine plural form of català (“Catalan”).

a form of skittles played in the Catalan Countries with six or nine bitlles, or pins


llàgrimes de Maria

Polygonatum odoratum
Polygonatum odoratum#Translingual

scented Solomon's seal (Polygonatum odoratum)


xurriaques

Fromm Mozarabic *atxorriiaka, from a metathesised version of Vulgar Latin *excorrigiata, from corrigia (“thong; whip”).


pinçanàs

Calque of French pince-nez. By surface analysis, pinça (“pinches”) + nas (“nose”).


milfulls

From mil (“thousand”) + fulls (“sheets”); calque of French mille-feuille.


porta-revistes

Verb-object compound, composed of porta (“to carry, to hold”) + revistes (“magazines”).


enagües

Alternative form of enagos (“petticoat”)


illes Poncianes

Pontine Islands (an archipelago in Italy, in the Tyrrhenian Sea, Mediterranean)


Pitiüses

Borrowed from Latin Pityusae, from Ancient Greek Πιτυοῦσσαι (Pituoûssai), from πίτυς (pítus, “pine”).

a group of islands within the Balearic Islands, Spain, consisting of Eivissa, Formentera, and surrounding islets


Illes Salvatges

Savage Islands (an archipelago in Portugal)


Garrigues

les Garrigues (canonical feminine plural)

Les Borges Blanques
Borges Blanques#English

A comarca in the province of Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain. Capital: Les Borges Blanques


Garrigues

Garrigues (a commune of the Tarn department, Occitanie, France)

Garrigues (a commune of the Hérault department, Occitanie, France)


illes Aleutianes

Aleutian Islands
Aleutian Islands#English

Aleutian Islands (an archipelago in the Bering Sea)


illes Hawaii

Hawaiian Islands
Hawaiian Islands#English

Hawaiian Islands (an archipelago in the Pacific Ocean)


Terres baixes d'Escòcia

ca-proper noun

Terres baixes d'Escòcia f pl (plural only)

Scottish Lowlands (a historical region in Scotland)


Terres altes d'Escòcia

Terres altes d'Escòcia f pl (plural only)

Scottish Highlands (a historical region in Scotland)


Grans Antilles

Greater Antilles
Greater Antilles#English

Greater Antilles (a group of islands in the Caribbean, the larger of the West Indies)


illes Verges

les illes Verges (canonical feminine plural)

the Virgin Islands (an archipelago in the Caribbean Sea)


Petites Antilles

Lesser Antilles (a group of islands in the Caribbean, the smaller of the West Indies)


Territoris del Nord-oest

Territoris del Nord-oest m pl (plural only)

Calque of French Territoires du Nord-Ouest.

calque

Northwest Territories
Northwest Territories#English

Northwest Territories (a territory of Canada)


illes Marshall

Named after British capitain John Marshall.

named-after

Marshall Islands
Marshall Islands#English:_Q709

Marshall Islands (A country consisting of two archipelagos in Micronesia, in Oceania)


agulles de pastor

Scandix pecten-veneris
Scandix pecten-veneris#Translingual


Arles de Tec

Synonym of Arles (town in Pyrénées-Orientales)


ganyims

The dark meat from the neck of a tunafish, especially when preserved by salting.


Corberes

les Corberes (canonical feminine plural)

From Latin curvāria (“curved mountain”), from curvus (“curved”).

A natural comarca consisting of the region covered by the Corbières Massif.


Prepirineus

els Prepirineus (canonical masculine plural)

The Pre-Pyrenees (a mountainous region in northern Spain and southern France, the foothills of the Pyrenees).


mototisores de bardisses

ca-noun

mototisores de bardisses f pl (plural only)

From moto- (“motor-”) + tisores (“scissors”) + de (“of”) + bardisses (“hedges”).


illes Anglonormandes

ca-proper noun

les illes Anglonormandes f pl (plural only)

les illes Anglonormandes (canonical feminine plural)

Channel Islands (a group of islands in the English Channel)


les Guaianes

the Guianas (a geological region of northern South America)