At that time, much of their territory was seized by Spaniards, Gascons, and Catalans. |
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The other groups are the Galicians, Basques, Catalans, Levante, and Andalusians. |
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About one in six Catalans, as it is my case, have parents or grandparents who are immigrants. |
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Most Catalans mark major events such as baptism and marriage with the appropriate religious ritual. |
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In Perpignan they are Catalans first and French second, and they have a very strong association with the Catalans in Spain. |
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This is a rich insult from Catalans whose reputation for being careful with money outdoes even our own dear Aberdonians. |
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But native Catalans will tell you that they are really a separate nation from the rest of Spain. |
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Liverpool's Anfield stadium has the Koppites, the Nou Camp stadium in Barcelona its drum-thumping Catalans. |
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This involved in particular the Basques, the Bretons, the Galicians, the Catalans, the Occitanians, the Welsh and the the Irish. |
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Catalans enjoy going to opera houses, theaters, and museums in Barcelona and other cities. |
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However, the Catalans have recruited to their cause a notable heavyweight from the world of football politics. |
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But if losing the Heineken European Cup annoyed the Catalans, then losing the final of the French championships last June to a bunch of effete Parisians made them really sore. |
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The populations least likely to feel Spanish are Catalans and Basques, although these large, complex regional populations are by no means unanimous in their views. |
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There is no such thing as plagiarism in politics and this is where the experience of the Basques, Catalans and Flemish over 25 years may be helpful. |
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He did not make the mistake of judging Catalans not only by their difference from other Spaniards but by superficial resemblances to French ways and style. |
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From the kick-off the spectators roared on the Catalans who overwhelmed their opponents, creating at least a dozen chances in the first half alone. |
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This had broken out in 1282 between the Capetian House of Anjou and Catalans over the possession of Sicily. |
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From 2014, they also simulcast all of Catalans Dragons' home games and from 2015, will broadcast regular Kingstone Press Championship matches. |
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Some Catalans associated their ancient privileges with their Generalitat and resistance to Castile. |
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In 2005 the new franchise was awarded to Catalans Dragons to play in the 2006 Super League. |
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The Basques can't stand the Catalans, the Balearic islanders can't abide the mainlanders and everyone else hates the lot from Madrid, except Ronaldo who's Portuguese anyway. |
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At the end of the 2005 Super League season, an extra team was relegated to National League One in order to accommodate French side Catalans Dragons' entry to the competition. |
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The quartering of Spanish troops in Catalonia only made the situation worse, and the Catalans decided to secede from Spain altogether and unite with France. |
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