Also officially acceptable is "Le Pays Catalan", the Catalan Country.
Madrid (CNN) -- The heated debate over potential Catalan independence from Spain took a new turn Wednesday when the Catalan regional parliament approved a declaration alluding to sovereign rights.
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As part of a new law to promote Catalan instead of Castilian Spanish, Mr Pujol has been trying to make cinemas show at least a quarter of their films in Catalan.
Castells have been a fixture of Catalan summer festivals for more than 200 years.
Derived from French and old Catalan, this word nearly bounced champion Arvind Mahankali from the finals.
The Catalan Republican Left doubled its bloc, as it held just 10 seats before the election.
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The MotoGP World Championship now moves to Barcelona for next week's Catalan Grand Prix.
But now he does not need Catalan votes, and the relevant ministers have been backtracking.
Gale ran in two tries inside the first six minutes to stun new-look Catalan.
The centre-right opposition People's Party, which challenged the Catalan charter in court, has long felt so.
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In 2006 a Catalan referendum backed by the central government gave the region greater autonomy.
With the EU watching, this Catalan constitutional impasse could yet make itself felt in Scotland too.
Soon after, the ruling Catalan nationalist president, Artur Mas, called snap regional elections, two years early.
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Some local writers have issued a manifesto in Catalan saying that neither language should have supremacy.
The Catalan law of 1983 seemed to keep most speakers of both tongues happy.
Artur Mas, head of the Catalan government, has announced a snap regional election on November 25.
In the 20th Century alone, the Spanish government has restored Catalan autonomy thrice and abolished it twice.
The Catalan language has revived and Barcelona has become one of the most fashionable cities in Europe.
Hearts have never played the Catalan giants and have never beaten a team from Spain in European competition.
The nationalist Convergence and Union coalition wants a burqa ban and to make future immigrants take Catalan-language tests.
The Catalan-born musician has achieved a rare feat: He has crafted his career largely on his own terms.
Elsewhere in the debate, the situation of Catalan speakers in Spain and Russian speakers in Latvia was raised.
The academically brilliant son of a Catalan baker, he at first sparked much enthusiasm among the party faithful.
So Mr Zapatero may have to look elsewhere, to the hard left or the Catalan nationalists, for backing.
The translation into English is by Frank McGuinness and the direction is by the Catalan director, Calixto Bieto.
Now he is using it to negotiate a new Catalan statute of autonomy.
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He has even told the conservatives in Catalonia to vote against Mr Pujol's new law promoting the Catalan language.
That does not mean, however, that the Catalan push for independence has always enjoyed the support it does currently.
But under the new Catalan autonomy statute more money has to be devolved.
His Catalan-accented event kicks off Thursday, April 25, on the Gothic Quarter penthouse terrace of esteemed food writer Matt Goulding.
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