Catalan
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Catalan can refer to:
- Catalan people
- Catalan language
- An inhabitant of Catalonia
- A Catalan speaker, whether or not from Catalonia proper (see Catalan Countries).
- Eugène Charles Catalan, a mathematician
- Catalan solid, a concept in mathematics
- Catalan number, a concept in mathematics
- Catalan Opening, a chess opening
- Catalan forge, an early type of open-hearth furnace
- Catalan vault, an architectural feature (also known as a Catalan arch or a Catalan turn)
- Catalan Company (or Catalan Grand Company), a mercenary free company in 14th century Europe
- Catalan Punt Volat, an orthographic symbol
- Catalan Communications, a publisher of graphic novels during the 1980s
- The lunar crater Catalán
- Miguel Ángel Catalán (1894-1957), Spanish spectroscopist after whom the lunar crater is named.
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