Question: Is it Catalonia, Catalunya or Cataluña?
What is the correct spelling - Catalonia, Catalunya or Cataluña? And how should it be pronounced?
Answer:
All three spellings are correct:
- Catalonia is English. It is pronounced how it looks.
- Catalunya is Catalan, the local language of Catalonia. It is pronounced how it looks.
- Cataluña is Spanish. It is pronounced like 'Catalunya'.
Obviously, as the English word exists, it should be written 'Catalonia' when writing in English. 'Catalunya' and 'Cataluña' would be wrong.
