Occitania

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UK/ˌɒksɪˈteɪ.ni.ə/US/ˌɑksɪˈteɪ.ni.ə/US/ˌɑksɪˈteɪnjə/

proper noun

A cultural region in southwestern Europe where Occitan has historically been spoken, consisting of southern France, parts of Catalonia in Spain, and some valleys in northwestern Italy.

OriginNew Latin Occitānia →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A cultural region in southwestern Europe where Occitan has historically been spoken, consisting of southern France, parts of Catalonia in Spain, and some valleys in northwestern Italy.
  2. An administrative region in southern France, created in 2016 by the merger of Languedoc-Roussillon and Midi-Pyrénées; Occitanie.

Origin

  1. New LatinOccitānia
  2. EnglishOccitania

From New Latin Occitānia, from Occitānus (“Occitan”) (as used in lingua Occitāna (“Occitan language)”) + -ia. By surface analysis, Occitan + -ia.

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Translations

Arabic أُوكْسِيتَانِيَا
  • أُوكْسِيتَانِيَا (ʔūksītāniyā)Occitania, a region of Europe
Basque Okzitania
  • OkzitaniaOccitania, a region of Europe
Catalan Occitània
  • OccitàniaOccitania, a region of Europe
Chinese Mandarin 奧克西塔尼亞 /奥克西塔尼亚
  • 奧克西塔尼亞 /奥克西塔尼亚 (Àokèxītǎníyà)Occitania, a region of Europe
Czech Okcitánie
  • OkcitánieOccitania, a region of Europe
Danish Occitanien
  • OccitanienOccitania, a region of Europe
Dutch Occitanië
  • OccitaniëOccitania, a region of Europe
Esperanto Okcitanio
  • OkcitanioOccitania, a region of Europe
Estonian Oksitaania
  • OksitaaniaOccitania, a region of Europe
Finnish Oksitania
  • OksitaniaOccitania, a region of Europe
French Occitanie
  • OccitanieOccitania, a region of Europe
German Okzitanien
  • OkzitanienOccitania, a region of Europe
Greek Οξιτανία
  • Οξιτανία (Oxitanía)Occitania, a region of Europe
Indonesian Ositania
  • OsitaniaOccitania, a region of Europe
Irish an Ocsatáin
  • an OcsatáinOccitania, a region of Europe
Italian Occitania
  • OccitaniaOccitania, a region of Europe
Japanese オクシタニア
  • オクシタニア (Okushitania)Occitania, a region of Europe
Korean 오시타니아
  • 오시타니아 (Ositania)Occitania, a region of Europe
Latin Occitania
  • OccitaniaOccitania, a region of Europe
Lithuanian Oksitanija
  • OksitanijaOccitania, a region of Europe
Norwegian Bokmål Oksitania
  • OksitaniaOccitania, a region of Europe
Persian اکسیتانیا
  • اکسیتانیا (oksitâniyâ)Occitania, a region of Europe
Polish Oksytania
  • OksytaniaOccitania, a region of Europe
Portuguese Occitânia
  • OccitâniaOccitania, a region of Europe
Russian Оксита́ния
  • Оксита́ния (Oksitánija)Occitania, a region of Europe
Slovak Occitánia, Okcitánia
  • OccitániaOccitania, a region of Europe
  • OkcitániaOccitania, a region of Europe
Spanish Occitania
  • OccitaniaOccitania, a region of Europe
Swedish Occitanien
  • OccitanienOccitania, a region of Europe
Tamil ஒக்சித்தானியா
  • ஒக்சித்தானியா (okcittāṉiyā)Occitania, a region of Europe
Turkish Oksitanya
  • OksitanyaOccitania, a region of Europe
Ukrainian Оксита́нія
  • Оксита́нія (Oksytánija)Occitania, a region of Europe
Urdu آکْسِیٹانِیَا
  • آکْسِیٹانِیَا (āksīṭāniyā)Occitania, a region of Europe
Welsh Ocsitania
  • OcsitaniaOccitania, a region of Europe

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with Occitania

PennsylvaniaRomaniaLithuaniaAlbaniaTasmaniamaniaTransylvaniaSpotsylvaniauraniaPomeraniabibliomaniaPittsylvaniaLusitaniapyromaniamegalomaniatrichotillomaniaMauretaniakleptomaniagazaniaegomanianymphomaniaAquitaniaacraniaanthomania
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Cite this entry
APA

Occitania. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Occitania

MLA

“Occitania.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Occitania. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Occitania,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Occitania.

Source: Occitania on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.