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occitan

/ɔk.si.tɑ̃/

noun, masculine/ɔk.si.tɑ̃/

Occitan (a Romance language spoken in Occitania, a region of Europe that includes Southern France, Auvergne, Limousin, and some parts of Catalonia and Italy)

Related: ancien occitan, occitan médiéval, occitanisme, occitaniste

Borrowed from Medieval Latin Occitānus in the phrase lingua Occitāna, Latinization of langue d'oc. The ending -itanus perhaps after aquitanus.

adjective/ɔk.si.tɑ̃/

Occitan (of, from or relating to Occitania); Occitan (of or relating to the Occitan language)

Borrowed from Medieval Latin Occitānus in the phrase lingua Occitāna, Latinization of langue d'oc. The ending -itanus perhaps after aquitanus.