Andorra

→ Japanese: アンドラ (Andora)

Andorra-Serra d'Arcs
Andorra-Serra d'Arcs

A village in Aragon, Spain, the capital of the comarca Andorra-Serra d'Arcs


Montserrat

Montserrat (a mountain range in Catalonia, Spain, near Barcelona, the site of a monastery)


Madrid

Community of Madrid
Community of Madrid#English

autonomous community
autonomous community

Madrid, Community of Madrid (an autonomous community of Spain)

Madrid (a province of the Community of Madrid, Spain)


Barcelona

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

Barcelona (the capital city of Catalonia, Spain)

Barcelona (a province of Catalonia, Spain)


Tarragona

Tarragona (a province of Catalonia, Spain)

Tarragona (a city in Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain)


Andalusia

Andalusia (an autonomous community of Spain)


Bilbao

Bilbao (the largest city in the Basque Country, in nothern Spain, and capital city of the province of Biscay, Spain)


Inca

Balearic Islands
Balearic Islands#English

A city on the Mallorca island, Balearic Islands, Spain


Asp

Aspe (a town in the comarca of Vinalopó Mitjà, Alicante province, Valencia, Spain)


Córdoba

Cordoba (a city in Cordoba, Spain; province of Andalusia, Spain; province of Argentina; department of Colombia)


Santiago

Santiago de Compostela
Santiago de Compostela#English

Santiago, Santiago de Compostela (a city in Galicia, Spain)


Salamanca

Castile and León
Castile and León#English

Salamanca (a province of Castile and León, Spain; capital: Salamanca)


Valladolid

Valladolid (a province of Castile and León, Spain; capital: Valladolid)

Valladolid (a city in Valladolid, Spain)


Sevilla

Borrowed from Arabic إِشْبِيلِيَة (ʔišbīliya), from Latin Hispalis, ultimately from Phoenician 𐤔𐤐𐤋𐤄 (šplh /sefela/, “plain, valley”).

bor+

إِشْبِيلِيَة

der

Seville (the capital city of Andalusia, Spain)

Seville (a province of Andalusia, Spain)


Guadalajara

[ɡwə.ðə.ləˈʒa.ɾə]

Borrowed from Arabic وَادِي الْحِجَارَة (wādī l-ḥijāra, literally “valley of stones”).

bor+

وَادِي الْحِجَارَة

Castile-La Mancha
Castile-La Mancha#English

Guadalajara (a province of Castile-La Mancha, Spain; capital: Guadalajara)

Guadalajara (a city, the capital of Guadalajara, Spain)


Extremadura

Extremadura (an autonomous community of Spain)


Saragossa

[sə.ɾəˈɣɔ.sə]

Earlier Saragoça, Çaragoça, from Andalusian Arabic سرقسطة (Saraqusṭa), from Latin Caesaraugusta.

Zaragoza (a province of Aragon, Spain; capital: Zaragoza)


Navarra

Navarre (an autonomous community of Spain)


Vic

Inherited from Latin vīcus (“hamlet, village”).

inh+

Vic (the capital of the comarca of Osona, in the province of Barcelona, Catalonia)


Catalunya

Borrowed from Medieval Latin Cathalonia, Cathalaunia, of disputed origin; more at Catalonia.

Catalonia (an autonomous community of Spain)


Sella

Sella (a municipality of Marina Baixa, Alicante, Valencia, Spain)


Oviedo

Oviedo (the capital city of Asturias, Spain)


Toledo

Toledo (a province of Castile-La Mancha, Spain)

Toledo (a city, the provincial capital of Toledo, Spain)


Sabadell

Unknown. Predominant theories are:
* From ceba (“onion”), from Latin cēpa. The onion appears on the city's crest.
* From Latin sabbatellum, diminutive of sabbatum (“Saturday”), since market festivals were held on Saturday.

Vallès Occidental
Vallès Occidental#English

Sabadell (the capital city of Vallès Occidental, Catalonia, Spain)


València

→ Basque: Valentzia

→ Chinese: 瓦倫西亞 /瓦伦西亚 (Wǎlúnxīyà)

→ Dutch: Valencia

→ English: Valencia

→ Galician: Valencia

→ German: Valencia, Valentz

→ Italian: Valencia

→ Portuguese: Valência

desctree

→ Spanish: Valencia, Val. (abbreviation)
→ Cebuano: Valencia
→ Chinese: 巴倫西亞 /巴伦西亚 (Bālúnxīyà)
→ Tagalog: Valencia

→ Turkish: Valensiya

Holonym: País Valencià

Valencia (the capital city of the autonomous community of Valencia, Spain)

Valencian Community
Valencian Community#English

Valencia, Valencian Community (an autonomous community of Spain)

Valencia (a province of the autonomous community of Valencia, Spain)


Nàquera

Borrowed from Arabic نَقْرَة (naqra, “excavation, cavity”), from نَقَرَ (naqara, “to strike; to dig into”).

bor+

A municipality in the comarca of Camp de Túria, in the province of Valencia, in the Autonomous Community of Valencia, in eastern Spain


Xàtiva

Borrowed from Arabic شَاطِبَة (šāṭiba), from Latin Saetabis.


Lluc

Inherited from Latin lūcus (“sacred grove”).

inh+

Lluc (a pilgrimage site in Majorca, Spain)


Aragó

Aragon (an autonomous community of Spain)


Eivissa

Borrowed from Arabic يَابِسَة (yābisa), from Latin Ebusus.

Ibiza (an island in the Balearic Islands)


Badajoz

Badajoz (a province of Extremadura, Spain)

Badajoz (a city, the provincial capital of Badajoz, Spain)


Alcossebre

Borrowed from Arabic القُصَيْبَة (al-quṣayba, “little citadel”).

bor+

Alcalà de Xivert
Alcalà de Xivert#English

Alcossebre (a village in Alcalà de Xivert, comarca of Baix Mestrat, province of Castelló, Valencia, Spain)


Alcàsser

Borrowed from Arabic اَلْقَصْر (al-qaṣr, “the castle”), itself from Latin castrum (“castle”). Cognate with the Spanish toponym Alcácer.

A town in the Horta Sud district, Valencia, Spain


Camp de Túria

Sant Antoni de Benaixeve
Sant Antoni de Benaixeve

A comarca in the Autonomous Community of Valencia, Spain that includes the municipalities of Benaguasil, Benissanó, Bétera, Casinos, Eliana, Gàtova, Llíria, Loriguilla, Marines, Nàquera, Olocau de Carraixet, Pobla de Vallbona, Riba-roja de Túria, Sant Antoni de Benaixeve, Serra and Vilamarxant


Costera

Granja de la Costera
Granja de la Costera

Llocnou d'En Fenollet
Llocnou d'En Fenollet

A comarca in Valencia. Capital: Xàtiva. It includes the municipalities of L'Alcúdia de Crespins, Barxeta, Canals, Cerdà, Estubeny, La Font de la Figuera, Genovés, La Granja de la Costera, Llanera de Ranes, Llocnou d'En Fenollet, La Llosa de Ranes, Moixent, Montesa, Novetlè, Rotglà i Corberà, Torrella, Vallada, and Vallés


Horta Nord

Horta Nord (a comarca in Valencia, Valencia, Spain)


País Basc

Basque Country (an autonomous community of Spain)


Franja de Ponent

Aragon Strip (The region of Aragon in Spain where Catalan is spoken; composed of the districts of Ribagorza/Ribagorça, La Litera/La Llitera, Bajo Cinca/Baix Cinca, Bajo Aragón-Caspe/Baix Aragó-Casp, Bajo Aragón/Baix Aragó and Matarraña/Matarranya)


Illes Balears

les Illes Balears (canonical feminine plural)

Balearic Islands (an autonomous community and province of Spain)


Sant Joan de Labritja

[ˈsaɲ ʒuˈan də ləˈβɾi.d͡ʒə]

A town on Ibiza, Balearic Islands, Spain


Racó d'Ademús

Rincón de Ademuz
Rincón de Ademuz#English

Rincón de Ademuz, Racó d'Ademús (a comarca in Valencia, Valencia, Spain, which is not Catalan-speaking)


Serrans

Els Serrans (canonical masculine plural)

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


Plana d'Utiel

Plana d'Utiel, Requena-Utiel (a comarca in Valencia, Valencia, Spain, which is not Catalan-speaking)


Foia de Bunyol

Foia de Bunyol, Hoya de Buñol (a comarca in Valencia, Valencia, Spain, which is not Catalan-speaking)


Alt Millars

Alto Mijares, Alt Millars (a comarca in Castellón, Valencia, Spain, which is not Catalan-speaking)


Alt Palància

A comarca in Valencia, Spain. Capital: Segorbe


Canal de Navarrés

La Canal de Navarrés (canonical masculine)

LL-Q7026 (cat)-Millars-Canal de Navarrés.wav

Canal de Navarrés
Canal de Navarrés#English

Canal de Navarrés (a comarca in Valencia, Valencia, Spain, which is not Catalan-speaking)


Alta Ribagorça

A comarca in the province of Lleida, Catalonia. Capital: Pont de Suert. Together with the Aragonese comarca of Ribagorça, it makes up the historical and natural comarca of Ribagorça


Vall de Boí

A town in Alta Ribagorça, Lleida, Catalonia, Spain


Ciutadella

From ciutadella, from Latin civitatella.


Maó

The capital city of Minorca, Balearic Islands


Galícia

Galicia (an autonomous community of Spain)


Conca de Barberà

La Conca de Barberà (canonical feminine)

Passanant i Belltall
Passanant i Belltall

Santa Coloma de Queralt
Santa Coloma de Queralt

Vallfogona de Riucorb
Vallfogona de Riucorb

A comarca in Tarragona, Catalonia that includes the municipalities of Barberà de la Conca, Blancafort, Conesa, Espluga de Francolí, Forès, Llorac, Montblanc, Passanant i Belltall, les Piles, Pira, Pontils, Rocafort de Queralt, Santa Coloma de Queralt, Sarral, Savallà del Comtat, Senan, Solivella, Vallclara, Vallfogona de Riucorb, Vilanova de Prades, Vilaverd and Vimbodí i Poblet


Garraf

Borrowed from Arabic غَرَّاف (ḡarrāf, “copious stream of water”), from غَرَفَ (ḡarafa, “to lade out”).

Vilanova i la Geltrú
Vilanova i la Geltrú

A comarca in the Penedès region, Barcelona province, Catalonia, Spain that includes the municipalities of Canyelles, Cubelles, Olivella, Sant Pere de Ribes, Sitges and Vilanova i la Geltrú


Garraf

A town in Sitges municipality, Garraf, Barcelona province, Catalonia, Spain


Múrcia

autonomous community
autonomous community

Murcia (an autonomous community of Spain)

Murcia (the capital city of Murcia, Spain)


Gijón

Gijón (a city on the coast of Asturias, in northwestern Spain)


Alacantí

Campo de Alicante
Campo de Alicante#English

Alacantí, Campo de Alicante (a comarca in Alicante, Valencia, Spain)


Xixona

A town in Alacantí district, Valencia, Spain


Alacant

Borrowed from Arabic اَلقَنْت (al-qant) or لَقَنْت (laqant), from Latin Lucentum, or Vulgar Latin Leukante, ultimately from Ancient Greek λευκός (leukós, “white, bright”). Originally named Ἄκρα Λευκή (Ákra Leukḗ) or Λευκή Ἄκρα (Leukḗ Ákra, “white summit”) by Phocaean Greeks.

der

Alicante (a province of Valencia, Spain)

Alicante (the capital city of Alicante, Valencia, Spain)


Cantàbria

Cantabria (an autonomous community and province of Spain)


Girona

Girona (a city, the provincial capital of Girona, Spain)


La Rioja

La Rioja (an autonomous community and province of Spain; capital: Logroño)


Astúries

Asturias (an autonomous community and province of Spain)


Montjuïc

Literally, “Mountain of Jews” (Latin mōns iūdaicus), after the local population. Some suggest this is a corruption of Latin mōns Iovis (literally “Mountain of Jupiter”).


Zamora

Zamora (a province of Castile and León, Spain; capital: Zamora)


Burgos

Burgos (a province of Castile and León, Spain; capital: Burgos)

Burgos (a city in Castile and León, Spain)


Albacete

Albacete (a province of Castile-La Mancha, Spain)

Albacete (a city, the provincial capital of Albacete, Spain)


Guadalquivir

Borrowed from Spanish Guadalquivir, derived from Arabic وَادِي الكَبِير (wādī l-kabīr, literally “the great river”).

der

وَادِي الكَبِير

Guadalquivir (a river in southern Spain)


Lleó

Inherited from Latin Legiōnem, from legiō (“legion”).

León (a province of Castile and León, Spain)

León (a city, the provincial capital of León, Spain)


Castella i Lleó

Castile and León (an autonomous community of Spain)


Blanes

→ English: Blanes

→ Spanish: Blanes

From Latin Blandae, from blandus (“pleasant”).

Blanes (a town in Selva, Girona, Catalonia, Spain)


Segòvia

[səˈɣɔ.βi.ə]

Borrowed from Spanish Segovia, from Latin Segovia, from Celtiberian Segouia, from a suffixed form of Proto-Celtic *segos (“victory”).

Segovia (a province of Castile and León, Spain)

Segovia (a city in Segovia, Castile and León, Spain)


Pals

A town in Baix Empordà, Girona, Catalonia


Las Palmas

Las Palmas (a province of the Canary Islands, Spain; capital: Las Palmas)

Las Palmas (a city in Las Palmas, Spain)


Jaén

Jaén (a province of Andalusia, Spain; capital: Jaén)


L'Hospitalet de Llobregat

L'Hospitalet de Llobregat
L'Hospitalet de Llobregat#English

L'Hospitalet de Llobregat (a city in Catalonia, Spain)


Terrassa

Inherited from Latin Terracia, from earlier Terracium castellum (“earthen castle”).

Terrassa (the capital city of Vallès Occidental, Catalonia)


Lleida

Inherited from Old Catalan Leyda; from Andalusian Arabic لاردة (“Lèrideh”); from Latin Ilerda, originating with the name of an Iberian tribe. Compare Spanish Lérida.

Lleida (a province in western Catalonia, Spain)

Lleida (the capital city of the province of Lleida, Catalonia, Spain)


Santa Cruz de Tenerife

Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Santa Cruz de Tenerife#English

Santa Cruz de Tenerife (a province of the Canary Islands, Spain; capital: Santa Cruz de Tenerife)

Santa Cruz de Tenerife (a city in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain)


Lugo

Lugo (a city, the provincial capital of Lugo, Spain)


Pontevedra

Pontevedra (a province of Galicia, Spain; capital: Pontevedra)

Pontevedra (a city in Pontevedra, Spain)


Còrdova

Córdoba (a province of Andalusia, Spain)


Priorat

From priorat (“priory; territory administered by a prior”). Historically, the central region of the comarca was administered by the Carthusian Monastery of Santa Maria d'Escaladei.

Priorat (a comarca in Tarragona province, Catalonia, Spain; capital: Falset)


Llobregat

[ʎu.βɾəˈɣat]

Inherited from Latin Rubricātus (“reddish”).


Almeria

Almeria (a province of Andalusia, Spain; capital: Almeria)


Fraga

Fraga (a town in Bajo Cinca, Huesca, Aragon, Spain)


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


Urgell

From Latin Urgellum, from Iberian *uŕki or related to Basque ur.

A historical county of Catalonia, divided into the modern comarques of Alt Urgell, Noguera, Solsonès, Pla d'Urgell, Baix Urgell, and the country of Andorra


Tremp

From a pre-Roman form *Trimplo, of uncertain origin.

The capital of Pallars Jussà, in the province of Lleida, Catalonia


Castelló

Castellón de la Plana
Castellón de la Plana#English

Castellón (a province of Valencia, Spain; capital: Castellón de la Plana)


Ribagorça

From Latin rīpa (“riverbank”) and a pre-Roman element of uncertain meaning.

Ribagorza (a historical region in Aragon and Catalonia, consisting of the southern portion of the mediaeval county)

Ribagorza (a comarca in Aragon, Spain; capitals: Graus and Benavarri). It represents the western half of the aforementioned historic region, the eastern half forming the Catalan comarca of Alta Ribagorça


Noguera

A comarca in Lleida, Catalonia, Spain, part of the historical County of Urgell


Gandia

Gandia (a city in Valencia, Valencia, Spain)


Figueres

Figueres (the administrative capital of Alt Empordà, Girona, Catalonia, Spain)


Cardona

A town in Bages, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain


Vila-real

Villareal, A city in Castelló, Valencia, Spain


Sòria

Castile and León
Castile and León#English

Soria (a province of Castile and León, Spain)

Soria (a city in Soria, Castile and León, Spain)


Guipúscoa

Guipúzcoa (a province of the Basque Country, Spain)


Montseny

Inherited from Latin mōntem signī (literally “mountain of the sign”), from the historical use of the range as a landmark for returning sailors. Equivalent to mont + seny.

inh+

(with the definite article) Montseny (a massif in Catalonia)


Terol

Teruel (a city in Teruel, Aragon, Spain)


Biscaia

Biscay (a province of the Basque Country, Spain)


Alcalá

Borrowed from Spanish Alcalá, from Arabic القَلْعَة (al-qalʕa, “the citadel, the fort”).

der

the name of a number of cities and towns in Spain


Canàries

Canary Islands (an archipelago and autonomous community of Spain)


Reus

Possibly from reu (“defendant in a trial”), but more likely of a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia/Celtic origin. The city is mentioned as Reddis and Resis in medieval documents.

Reus (a city in Tarragona province, Catalonia, Spain)


Manresa

Manresa (the capital city of the comarca of Bages, in the province of Barcelona, Catalonia)


Granollers

* from granolla (“frog”);
* from Vulgar Latin *grānuculārios (“granaries”), from *grānuculum, diminutive of grānum (“a grain”).

Granollers (the capital of Vallès Oriental, Barcelona, Spain)


Àlaba

Álava (a province of the Basque Country, Spain)


Bages

Possibly related to the name of the ancient Roman resort of Catalan Baiae on the Bay of Naples.

Bages (a comarca in the province of Barcelona, Catalonia)


Balaguer

Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic بلغي (“Balàghey”).

bor+

Balaguer (a town in Lleida, Catalonia, Spain)


Bellera

A river in Pallars Jussà, Lleida, Catalonia


Berga

From Latin Bergistani, the name of an Iberian tribe in the region, of uncertain origin.

Berga (the capital city of the comarca of Berguedà, in the province of Barcelona, Catalonia)


Berguedà

Berguedà (a comarca in the province of Barcelona, Catalonia)


Castellnou

From castell (“castle”) + nou (“new”). Compare English Newcastle, French Neuchâtel, Italian Castelnuovo, etc.

Castellnou (the name of various towns in Catalonia)


Cerdanya

Inherited from Latin Ceretania, referring to the local pre-Roman tribe of the Ceretani, probably from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia, perhaps Iberian or Basque (compare harri (“hard, stone, rock”)).

Cerdanya (a historical region of Catalonia currently divided between the provinces of Lleida and Girona in Spain and the Pyrénées-Orientales department in France)


Martorell

From Latin martyr + -ellus, literally “little martyrs, place of martyrs”.

af

Martorell (a municipality of Baix Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain)


Martorelles

→ English: Martorelles

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *martyrētula (“place of little cemeteries”), from martyr+-ētum+-ulus. Related with Martorell.

inh+

Martorelles (a municipality of Vallès Oriental, Barcelona, Spain)


Empordà

Empordà (a historical region the province of Girona, Catalonia, Spain). It is currently divided into two administrative comarques, Alt Empordà and Baix Empordà


Fígols

Possibly from a Vulgar Latin *fīculōs, diminutive of fīcōs (“fig trees”).

Fígols (A municipality in the comarca of Berguedà in Catalonia, Spain)


Sogorb

Segorbe (a municipality of Castellón, Spain)


Gavet

From a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia root.

A small village in Pallars Jussà, Catalonia


Hortoneda

A small village in Pallars Jussà, Lleida, Catalonia, Spain


Anoia

Anoia (a comarca in the province of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain; capital: Igualada)


Alcoi

Uncertain. Arabic, Latin, and Iberian etymologies have all been proposed.

Alcoy (a municipality of Alacant, Valencia, Spain)


Villena

Uncertain. From either Latin Velliena (from Vellius+-ana. Proposed by Menéndez Pidál) or Arabic بِلْيَانَة (bilyāna) (proposed by Domene Verdú)

Valencian Community
Valencian Community#English

A city in Alicante, Valencian Community, Spain


Vallès

A historical territory of Catalonia, Barcelona, now divided into the comarques of Vallès Occidental and Vallès Oriental


Requesens

Sicilian: Requisenz

A neighbourhood in La Jonquera, Catalonia, Spain


Peralada

A village in Alt Empordà, Girona, Catalonia, Spain


Ripoll

Likely from Latin rīvus pōpulōrum (“river of poplars”).

der

Vallès Occidental
Vallès Occidental#English

Ripoll (the capital of Ripollès, Girona, Catalonia)


Prades

A municipality of Baix Camp, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain


Penedès

From penya (“crag”). Compare Galician penedo (“rocky outcrop”).

A region in southern Catalonia, divided among the comarques of Alt Penedès, Baix Penedès and Garraf


Osona

From Late Latin Ausōna, from Latin Ausa, ancient name of the town of Vic.

Osona (a historical territory and comarca in the provinces of Barcelona and Girona, Catalonia, Spain)


Oriola

A municipality of Alacant, in the Autonomous Community of Valencia, in eastern Spain


Olot

The capital of the comarca of Garrotxa, in the province of Girona, Catalonia


Sitges

A town in Garraf district, Barcelona province, Catalonia, Spain


Solsona

the capital city of Solsonès in the province of Lleida in Catalonia


Segre

Inherited from Latin Sicoris, of uncertain Proto-Celtic origin.

A river in France, Spain and Andorra, an affluent of the Ebro


Sarrià

Perhaps from Gothic *𐍃𐌰𐌷𐍂𐌾𐌰 (*sahrja) or from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia.

Sarrià-Sant Gervasi
Sarrià-Sant Gervasi#English

A neighbourhood of Sarrià-Sant Gervasi district, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain


Besalú

A small village in Garrotxa, Girona, Catalonia, Spain


Boí

A small village in Alta Ribagorça, Lleida, Catalonia, Spain


Piles

Piles (a city in Safor, Valencia, Valencia, Spain)


Garriga

A municipality in the comarca of Vallès Oriental, in the province of Barcelona, Catalonia


Salt

A municipality in northeastern Catalonia, Spain


Selva

Selva (a comarca in Girona, Catalonia, Spain)


Igualada

Igualada (the capital city of Anoia comarca, Barcelona province, Catalonia, Spain)


Rocafort

A town, a municipality of Valencia, Valencia, Spain


Eixample

From eixample (“expansion, extension”), nominalized from the verb eixamplar (“to widen, to extend”). Compare Spanish Ensanche.


Àvila

Ávila (a province in Castile and León, Spain; capital: Ávila).

Ávila (a city in Ávila province, Castile and León).


Càceres

Cáceres (a province of Extremadura, Spain)

Cáceres (a city, the provincial capital of Extremadura, Spain)


la Corunya

Borrowed from Galician A Coruña, from earlier A Cruña, from a proposed Celtiberian *clunia (“humid place; prairie”) akin to the Gaulish root of the French toponym Cluny.

A Coruña (a city, the provincial capital of A Coruña, Spain)


Castella-la Manxa

Castile-La Mancha
Castile-La Mancha#English

Castile-La Mancha (an autonomous community of Spain)


Palència

Palencia (a province of Castile and León, Spain; capital: Palencia)


Logronyo

Logroño (the capital city of La Rioja, Spain)


Illes Canàries

Canary Islands (an archipelago and autonomous community of Spain)


Comunitat de Madrid

Community of Madrid
Community of Madrid#English

Community of Madrid (an autonomous community of Spain)


Poblenou

A neighborhood of Sant Martí district, Barcelona, Catalonia


Vallès Occidental

Castellar del Vallès
Castellar del Vallès

Cerdanyola del Vallès
Cerdanyola del Vallès

Palau-solità i Plegamans
Palau-solità i Plegamans

Sant Cugat del Vallès
Sant Cugat del Vallès

Sant Quirze del Vallès
Sant Quirze del Vallès

Santa Perpètua de Mogoda
Santa Perpètua de Mogoda

A comarca in the province of Barcelona, Catalonia. Capitals: Sabadell and Terrassa. It also includes the municipalities of Badia del Vallès, Barberà del Vallès, Castellar del Vallès, Castellbisbal, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Gallifa, Matadepera, Montcada i Reixac, Palau-solità i Plegamans, Polinyà, Rellinars, Ripollet, Rubí, Sant Cugat del Vallès, Sant Llorenç Savall, Sant Quirze del Vallès, Santa Perpètua de Mogoda, Sentmenat, Ullastrell, Vacarisses and Viladecavalls


Fornells

Balearic Islands
Balearic Islands#English


Cadaqués

Contraction of cap de quers (“cape of rocks”).

A coastal town in Girona, Catalonia, Spain


El Clot

From Medieval Latin Clotum Melis (“honey hole”).


Llagostera

Llagostera (a municipality of Gironès, Girona, Spain)


Gironès

Gironès (a comarca in Girona province, Catalonia, Spain)


Alt Penedès

Vilafranca del Penedès
Vilafranca del Penedès#English

A comarca in the Penedès region, Barcelona province, Catalonia, Spain. Capital: Vilafranca del Penedès


Baix Penedès

A comarca in the Penedès region, Tarragona province, Catalonia, Spain. Capital: El Vendrell


Alcarràs

From Arabic الْكَرَز (al-karaz, “cherry tree”).


Alt Urgell

A comarca in Lleida, Catalonia, Spain, part of the historical County of Urgell


Alt Camp

Literally, “high field/plain” (referring to the Camp de Tarragona).

A comarca in Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain, part of the historical region of Camp de Tarragona


Baix Camp

Literally, “low field/plain” (referring to the Camp de Tarragona).


Camp de Tarragona

A historical region in Tarragona, Catalonia consisting of the modern comarques of Alt Camp, Baix Camp, and Tarragonès


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


Ripollès

Ripollès (a comarca in the province of Girona, Catalonia, Spain; capital: Ripoll)


Falset

Popularly derived from falç (“sickle”) + -et, a diminutive suffix. Other suggested roots include Latin filix (“fern”) and fēlīx (“happy”).

The capital of the comarca of Priorat, Tarragona, Catalonia


Vendrell

Possibly from Latin Venerellus, diminutive of Venus.

El Vendrell (the capital of Baix Penedès, Catalonia, Spain)


Baix Llobregat

From baix (“low”) + Llobregat, the name of a river.

Sant Feliu de Llobregat
Sant Feliu de Llobregat#English

A comarca in the province of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Capital: Sant Feliu de Llobregat


Baix Ebre

Literally, “low Ebro”, the name of a river.

A comarca in the province of Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain. Capital: Tortosa


Alt Empordà

Meronym: La Jonquera

A comarca in the province of Girona, Catalonia, Spain. Capital: Figueres. Together with Baix Empordà, it forms the natural and historical region of Empordà in northeast Catalonia


Baix Empordà

La Bisbal d'Empordà
Bisbal d'Empordà#English

A comarca in the province of Girona, Catalonia, Spain. Capital: La Bisbal d'Empordà. Together with Alt Empordà, it forms the natural and historical region of Empordà in northeast Catalonia


Valls

The capital of Alt Camp, province of Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain


Pallars Sobirà

From Pallars + sobirà (“superior, upper”).

A comarca in the province of Lleida, Catalonia, Spain. Capital: Sort. Together with Pallars Jussà it forms the historic region of Pallars


Pallars Jussà

A comarca in the province of Lleida, Catalonia, Spain. Capital: Tremp. Together with Pallars Sobirà it forms the historic region of Pallars


Garrotxa

[ɡəˈrɔ.t͡ʃə]

A comarca in the province of Girona, Catalonia, Spain. Capital: Olot


Moianès

A comarca in the province of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain created in 2015 chiefly from the existing comarques of Vallès Oriental and Bages with its capital at Moià


Moià

Inherited from Latin Modiānus, from the personal name Modius.

The capital of the comarca of Moianès, in the province of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain


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


Vallès Oriental

A comarca in the province of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Capital: Granollers


Sant Martí

A district in the east of Barcelona, Catalonia


Sóller

Unknown; probably of pre-Roman origin. (The popular derivation from s'olla "the pot" is unsupported by documentary evidence, as earlier attestations consistently show final -r.)


Santiago de Compostel·la

Santiago de Compostela
Santiago de Compostela#English

Santiago de Compostela (a city in A Coruña, Galicia, Spain)


Xèrica

Borrowed from Arabic شَارِقَة (šāriqa, “east side [of a mountain]”), from Arabic شَرْق (šarq, “east”).

bor+

Jérica (a municipality of Alt Palància, Valencia)


Castelló de la Plana

Castellón de la Plana
Castellón de la Plana#English

Castellón de la Plana (a city in Castellón, Valencia)


Safor

A comarca in Valencia, Valencia. Capital: Gandia


Corts

From Les Corts de Sarrià, a former municipality located there.

A neighborhood of Corts district, Barcelona

A district of Barcelona, comprising the neighborhoods of Pedralbes, Sant Ramon, la Maternitat, and Les Corts.


La Jonquera

Meronym: Requesens


Llívia

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin Libia from Latin Iulia Lybica.

inh+

Llívia (a municipality in the comarca of Cerdanya in Lleida which forms an exclave of Spain within France)


Baixa Cerdanya

Cerdanya (a comarca of Catalonia divided between the provinces of Lleida and Girona; capital: Sallagosa)


Horta de Múrcia

Huerta de Murcia
Huerta de Murcia#English

Huerta de Murcia (a comarca in the province and region of Murcia, Spain)


L'Hospitalet

L'Hospitalet de Llobregat
L'Hospitalet de Llobregat#Catalan

Ellipsis of L'Hospitalet de Llobregat: a municipality of Barcelona, Catalonia


Lladorre

→ English: Lladorre

Holonym: Pallars Sobirà

Meronyms: Noarre, Quanca, Tavascan

Lladorre (a village and municipality of Pallars Sobirà, Lleida, Catalonia, Spain)


Esterri de Cardós

→ English: Esterri de Cardós

Holonym: Pallars Sobirà

Esterri de Cardós
Esterri de Cardós#English

Esterri de Cardós (a village in Lleida, Catalonia, Spain)


Esterri d'Àneu

→ English: Esterri d'Àneu

Holonym: Pallars Sobirà

Esterri d'Àneu (a village in Lleida, Catalonia, Spain)


València d'Àneu

→ English: València d'Àneu

Holonym: Alt Àneu

València d'Àneu (a village in Lleida, Catalonia, Spain)


Cistella

→ English: Cistella

Holonym: Alt Empordà

Cistella (a village in Alt Empordà, Girona, Catalonia, Spain)


Agramunt

Agramunt (a town and municipality of Lleida, Catalonia, Spain)


Guissona

→ Spanish: Guisona

Guissona (a town and municipality of Lleida, Catalonia, Spain)


Cambrils

Cambrils (a town and municipality of Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain)


Calafell

Calafell (a town and municipality of Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain)


Vilanova i la Geltrú

→ Spanish: Villanueva y Geltrú

Vilanova i la Geltrú
Vilanova i la Geltrú#English

Vilanova i la Geltrú (a town and municipality of Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain)


Vilafranca del Penedès

→ Spanish: Villafranca del Panadés

Vilafranca del Penedès (a town and municipality of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain)


Sant Pere de Ribes

→ Spanish: San Pedro de Ribas

Sant Pere de Ribes
Sant Pere de Ribes#English

Sant Pere de Ribes (a town and municipality of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain)


Banyoles

→ Spanish: Bañolas

Banyoles (a town and municipality of Girona, Catalonia, Spain)


Cardedeu

From quer (“rock”) + de (“of”) + Déu (“God”).

A town in Vallès Oriental, Barcelona, Spain


El Raval

Literally, “the suburb”, introduced in the 1980s as part of a regeneration effort of the area.


Pedralbes

From Latin petras albas (“white rocks”).

Pedralbes (a neighborhood of Corts district, Barcelona)


Prepirineus

els Prepirineus (canonical masculine plural)

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


Quart

?→ English: Quart

Comarques Gironines
Comarques Gironines#English

Quart (a municipality of Gironès, Comarques Gironines, Girona, Catalonia, Spain)


Sant Celoni

Sant Celoni (a town and municipality of Catalonia, Spain)


Quanca

Holonym: Lladorre

Quanca (a hamlet in Lladorre, Pallars Sobirà, Lleida, Catalonia, Spain)


Noarre

Holonym: Lladorre

Noarre (a hamlet in Lladorre, Pallars Sobirà, Lleida, Catalonia, Spain)


Tavascan

English: Tavascan

Spanish: Tavascán

Holonym: Lladorre

Tavascan (a village in Lladorre, Pallars Sobirà, Lleida, Catalonia, Spain)


Sant Pau

A neighborhood of Campanar district, Valencia, Valencia


Vilella Alta

La Vilella Alta (a village in the comarca of Priorat, province of Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain)


Gurb

Gurb (a small town and municipality of Osona, Catalonia)


Manlleu

Manlleu (a town and municipality of Osona, Catalonia)


Masdenverge

From mas (“farmhouse”) + d' (“of”) + en (“lord”) + Verge (“Verge”).

com

A village in Montsià, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain


Ciutat Vella

A district of Barcelona, Catalonia, corresponding to the historical city center.


Barceloneta

A neighborhood of Ciutat Vella district, Barcelona, Catalonia


Sarrià-Sant Gervasi

From Sarrià + Sant Gervasi de Cassoles, the names of the two most prominent neighbourhoods in the district.


Sant Gervasi de Cassoles

From the name of a chapel dedicated to the saints Gervasi and Protasi. The sobriquet cassoles may derive from cases soles ("lone houses") via haplology.

A historical municipality of Catalonia, now part of the district of Sarrià-Sant Gervasi.


Flamisell

From Latin flūmicellus, diminutive of flūmen (“river”).

A river in Pallars Jussà, Lleida, Catalonia


Francolí

Perhaps from a personal name, Latin Francolīnus.


Deià

From Arabic ضَيْعَة (ḍayʕa, “village”). Doublet of aldea.

Deià (a coastal village in Mallorca, Balearic Islands)