Barcelona

Introduction

Barcelona bär˝səlō´nə, Catalan bär˝səlō´nə, Span. bär˝thālō´nä [key], city (1990 pop. 4,738,354), capital of Barcelona prov. and of Catalonia, NE Spain, on the Mediterranean Sea.

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