Barcelona
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- proper noun
- /bɑrˈsɛloʊnə/
- Last week I visited the Centre for Contemporary Culture in Barcelona, CCCB for short.
- Barcelona, Spain
- the city of Barcelona
- Barcelona and Madrid
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Watch on YouTubeI flew back from Barcelona and I ran it back.
- I flew back from Barcelona and I ran it back.
- We're basking in Denmark, basking in Barcelona, went back to Ireland.
- I moved to Barcelona and everything started looking up.
- So we went to this pharmacist in Barcelona and I said spray, nipples, piercings.
- This is my new friend Marta, and we're here in Barcelona now.
- I am wearing the NARS Sheer Glow Foundation in Barcelona here.
- I love Prague and eat in and eat in Barcelona.
- Actually, right now they're qualifying in Barcelona.
- How do I presume some of you have been to Barcelona and know the Assange?
- All right, let's let's do Spain since my first spot that I'm going to is Barcelona searching for people.
- Well, the rest of Spain keep saying Barcelona and frankly, Catalans are thick of it.
Examples
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If you want to know what to do in Barcelona, start with dinner here.
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I might go to Barcelona or to Paris to live.
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I moved to Barcelona and everything started looking up.
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Sipping coffee on the streets of Barcelona is one of my favorite memories of Europe.
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But instead of Madrid, where the manufacturer had its headquarters, he had flown into Barcelona.
Fiction book (2001) -
For example, in Barcelona, nine of the boxing coaches for other countries were Cuban.
Academic text (1994) -
- Soaking up the atmosphere in Barcelona, aren't you?
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Ralph and Caroline flew to London, Paris, or Rome; they took trains to Madrid or Barcelona.
Fiction book (1999) -
I have to go back to Barcelona in a few months to finish my degree.
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I moved to Barcelona and everything started looking up.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Barcelona probably began as an old place name like Barcino and may come from the family name Barca. A helpful way to remember it is that Barca means 'boat' in Spanish, which fits a busy port city by the sea.