Barcelona

See also: Barcełona

English

Alternative forms

• Barcelonia (obsolete)

Etymology

Ultimately borrowed from Catalan Barcelona.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌbɑːsəˈləʊnə/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌbɑɹsəˈloʊnə/, /ˌbɑɹsɪˈloʊnə/
• Rhymes: -əʊnə

Proper noun

Barcelona

2. The capital city of Catalonia, Spain.
   • 2014 November 22, Miles Brignall, “Victory against Vodafone for schoolteacher billed £15,000”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     Sarah Harvey, an NHS worker from Brighton, was also told by Vodafone that she had to pay a £5,800 bill run up after she was hit on the head by a cyclist, again in Barcelona this summer.

4. A province of Catalonia, Spain.
6. A municipality of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.
7. A hamlet in Pelynt parish, Cornwall, England.
8. Places in the Philippines:
   1. A barangay of Solsona, Ilocos Norte, Philippines.
   3. A municipality of Sorsogon, Philippines.

      Coordinate terms: Barcelona, Bulan, Bulusan, Casiguran, Castilla, Donsol, Gubat, Irosin, Juban, Magallanes, Matnog, Pilar, Prieto Diaz, Santa Magdalena, Sorsogon City — cities and municipalities of Sorsogon

   4. A barangay of Dapitan, Zamboanga del Norte, Philippines.
   5. A barangay of Lingig, Surigao del Sur, Philippines.
9. An unincorporated community in Crawford County, Arkansas, United States.
11. The capital city of the state of Anzoátegui, Venezuela.

Derived terms

• Barcelonan, Barcelonian

Translations

capital of Catalonia

• Arabic: بَرْشَلُونة f (baršalūna)

  Hijazi Arabic: بَرْشَلُونة f (baršalōna)

• Aramaic:

  Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܒܲܪܫܲܠܘܿܢܵܐ f (baršalōnā)

• Armenian: Բարսելոնա (Barselona)
• Basque: Bartzelona
• Belarusian: Барсело́на f (Barsjelóna), Барсэлёна f (Barseljóna)
• Bulgarian: Барсело́на f (Barselóna)
• Catalan: Barcelona (ca) f
• Cebuano: Barcelona
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 巴塞羅那 / 巴塞罗那 (zh) (Basàiluónà) (mainland China), 巴塞隆納 / 巴塞隆纳 (zh) (Bāsàilóngnà) (Taiwan)

• Corsican: Barcellona f
• Czech: Barcelona (cs) f
• Danish: Barcelona
• Dutch: Barcelona (nl) n
• Esperanto: Barcelono (eo)
• Estonian: Barcelona (et)
• Finnish: Barcelona (fi)
• French: Barcelone (fr) f
• Galician: Barcelona (gl) f
• Georgian: ბარსელონა (barselona)
• Greek: Βαρκελώνη (el) f (Varkelóni)

  Ancient Greek: Βαρκινών (Barkinṓn)

• Haitian Creole: Baselòn f
• Hebrew: בַּרְצֶלוֹנָה f (bartselóna)
• Hindi: बार्सिलोना m (bārsilonā)
• Hungarian: Barcelona (hu)
• Irish: An Bharsalóin f
• Italian: Barcellona (it) f
• Japanese: バルセロナ (ja) (Baruserona)
• Kazakh: Барселона (Barselona)
• Korean: 바르셀로나 (ko) (Bareusellona)
• Kyrgyz: Барселона (ky) (Barselona)
• Ladino:

  Hebrew: בארסילונה f

  Latin: Barselona f

• Latin: Barcino f
• Latvian: Barselona f
• Lithuanian: Barselona (lt) f
• Maltese: Barċellona
• Marathi: बार्सेलोना n (bārselonā)
• Norwegian: Barcelona (no)
• Persian: بارسلون (fa) (bârselon)
• Polish: Barcelona (pl) f
• Portuguese: Barcelona (pt) f
• Romanian: Barcelona f
• Russian: Барсело́на (ru) f (Barselóna)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Барсело́на f (Bosnia, Serbia), Барцело́на f (Bosnia, Croatia)

  Latin: Barselóna f (Bosnia, Serbia), Barcelóna (sh) f (Bosnia, Croatia)

• Sicilian: Varsaluna f
• Slovak: Barcelona f
• Slovene: Barcelona (sl) f
• Spanish: Barcelona (es) f
• Swedish: Barcelona (sv)
• Tagalog: Barcelona
• Tajik: Барселона (tg) (Barselona)
• Thai: บาร์เซโลนา
• Turkish: Barselona
• Ukrainian: Барсело́на f (Barselóna)

hamlet in Cornwall

• Cornish: Krowsfordh Trevelowen

Catalan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [bər.səˈlu.nə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Central) [bər.səˈlo.nə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [baɾ.seˈlo.na]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [bar.seˈlo.na]
• IPA^(key): (locally) [bɐr.sɐˈlo.nɐ]

• Audio (Catalonia):

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• Rhymes: -ona

Proper noun

Barcelona f

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

   Synonym: (informal) Barna

2. Barcelona (a province of Catalonia, Spain)

Derived terms

• Barça
• Barcelonès
• barceloní
• barcelonisme
• barcelonista
• Barna
• la Barceloneta

Central Bikol

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Barcelona, originally from Catalan Barcelona.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Bar‧ce‧lo‧na
• IPA^(key): /baɾseˈlona/ [baɾ.seˈl̪o.n̪a]

Proper noun

Barcelona

1. Barcelona (the capital city of Catalonia, Spain)
2. Barcelona (a province of Catalonia, Spain)
3. Barcelona (a municipality of the province of Sorsogon, Philippines)

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbart͡sɛlona]

Proper noun

Barcelona f (relational adjective barcelonský, demonym Barceloňan, female demonym Barceloňanka)

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

Declension

Declension of Barcelona (hard feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	Barcelona	Barcelony
genitive	Barcelony	Barcelon
dative	Barceloně	Barcelonám
accusative	Barcelonu	Barcelony
vocative	Barcelono	Barcelony
locative	Barceloně	Barcelonách
instrumental	Barcelonou	Barcelonami

Further reading

• “Barcelona”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
• “Barcelona”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

Proper noun

Barcelona

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

Dutch

Alternative forms

• Barcelone (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Barcelona.

Pronunciation

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

• Audio:

  (file)

Proper noun

Barcelona n

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

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Catalan Barcelona.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌbaʁsəˈloːna/, (seldom also) /ˌbaʁt͡səˈloːna/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

  (file)

Proper noun

Barcelona n (proper noun, genitive Barcelonas or (optionally with an article) Barcelona)

1. Barcelona (the capital city of Catalonia, Spain)
   • 2024 May 9, Nanja Boenisch, David Muschenich, “Verkehrswende in Städten: Die Poller-Politik”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz‎^[2], →ISSN, archived from the original on 20 May 2025:

     Die Idee der Superblocks kommt aus Barcelona. Viel Verkehr, dichte Besiedlung, wenig Grün, dreckige Luft, hohe Lärmbelastung: Damit kämpft die katalanische Großstadt schon seit Jahrzehnten. […] Weite Teile Barcelonas bestehen aus quadratischen Häuserblocks.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Hungarian

Etymology

From Catalan Barcelona.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Barcelona

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

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	Barcelona	—
accusative	Barcelonát	—
dative	Barcelonának	—
instrumental	Barcelonával	—
causal-final	Barcelonáért	—
translative	Barcelonává	—
terminative	Barcelonáig	—
essive-formal	Barcelonaként	—
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	Barcelonában	—
superessive	Barcelonán	—
adessive	Barcelonánál	—
illative	Barcelonába	—
sublative	Barcelonára	—
allative	Barcelonához	—
elative	Barcelonából	—
delative	Barcelonáról	—
ablative	Barcelonától	—
non-attributive possessive – singular	Barcelonáé	—
non-attributive possessive – plural	Barcelonáéi	—

Possessive forms of Barcelona

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	Barcelonám	—
2nd person sing.	Barcelonád	—
3rd person sing.	Barcelonája	—
1st person plural	Barcelonánk	—
2nd person plural	Barcelonátok	—
3rd person plural	Barcelonájuk	—

Derived terms

• barcelonai

Occitan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baɾseˈluno/

Proper noun

Barcelona f

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

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Catalan Barcelona.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bar.t͡sɛˈlɔ.na/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔna
• Syllabification: Bar‧ce‧lo‧na

Proper noun

Barcelona f

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

Declension

Declension of Barcelona

	singular
nominative	Barcelona
genitive	Barcelony
dative	Barcelonie
accusative	Barcelonę
instrumental	Barceloną
locative	Barcelonie
vocative	Barcelono

Derived terms

adjective

• barceloński

nouns

• barcelonka
• barcelończyk

Further reading

• “Barcelona”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[3] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “Barcelona”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[4] (in Polish)

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Catalan Barcelona.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /baʁ.seˈlõ.nɐ/ [bah.seˈlõ.nɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /baʁ.seˈlõ.nɐ/ [bah.seˈlõ.nɐ]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /baɾ.seˈlõ.nɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /baʁ.seˈlõ.nɐ/ [baχ.seˈlõ.nɐ]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /baɻ.seˈlõ.nɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɐɾ.sɨˈlo.nɐ/

• Hyphenation: Bar‧ce‧lo‧na

Proper noun

Barcelona f

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Catalan Barcelona.

Proper noun

Barcelona f

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

Slovene

Etymology

From Catalan Barcelona.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bart͡sɛlóːna/

Proper noun

Barcelọ̑na f

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

References

• “Barcelona”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Catalan Barcelona.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baɾθeˈlona/ [baɾ.θeˈlo.na] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /baɾseˈlona/ [baɾ.seˈlo.na] (Latin America, Philippines)

• Audio (Latin America):

  (file)

• Audio (Peru):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ona
• Syllabification: Bar‧ce‧lo‧na

Proper noun

Barcelona f

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

   Synonyms: Barcino, Barna, BSN, Ciudad Condal

2. Barcelona (a province of Catalonia, Spain)
3. Barcelona (the capital city of the state of Anzoátegui, Venezuela)
4. the letter B in the Spanish spelling alphabet

Derived terms

• barcelonés
• barcelonismo
• barcelonista

See also

• Barça

Further reading

• “Barcelona”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baʂɛ²loːna/

Proper noun

Barcelona n (genitive Barcelonas)

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

Tagalog

Etymology

Etymology tree

Catalan Barcelonabor.

Spanish Barcelonabor.

Tagalog Barcelona

Borrowed from Spanish Barcelona.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /baɾseˈlona/ [bɐɾ.sɛˈloː.n̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -ona
• Syllabification: Bar‧ce‧lo‧na

Proper noun

Barcelona (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜇ᜔ᜐᜒᜎᜓᜈ)

1. Barcelona (the capital city of Catalonia, Spain)
2. Barcelona (a province of Catalonia, Spain)
3. Barcelona (a municipality of the province of Sorsogon, Philippines)
4. a surname from Spanish

Statistics

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