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Catalexit

/ˌkæt.əˈlɛɡ.zɪt/

Catalexit proper noun: the (possible) act of Catalonia gaining independence from Spain (and, as a consequence, leaving the European Union).

Proper noun

Catalexit

  1. The (possible) act of Catalonia gaining independence from Spain (and, as a consequence, leaving the European Union).
    • Spain has been its own worst enemy as the controversy over “Catalexit” intensified.2017 October 20, “EU must intervene in Spain's 'Catalexit' crisis”, in The Boston Globe
    • Everybody in Catalonia admits that the possibility of losing the condition of member of the EU would constitute a great problem in the case of Catalexit from Spain.2017, Gabriel Tortella, Catalonia in Spain: History and Myth, page 270

Origin of Catalexit

Blend of Catalonia + exit, modelled on earlier Brexit, Czexit, etc.

Words that rhyme with Catalexit

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Questions about Catalexit

What does Catalexit mean?
Catalexit means the (possible) act of Catalonia gaining independence from Spain (and, as a consequence, leaving the European Union).
What part of speech is Catalexit?
Catalexit is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Catalexit?
Catalexit is pronounced /ˌkæt.əˈlɛɡ.zɪt/.

Words near Catalexit in the dictionary

  1. cataleptizes
  2. cataleptizing
  3. cataleptoid
  4. catalexes
  5. catalexis
  6. Catalexit
  7. Catalfamo
  8. Catalfamos
  9. Catalina
  10. Catalina coupon
  11. Catalina coupons

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