What is the name of Barcelona

Used to designate people who live in a particular city or region, the names can sometimes be easily deduced from the name of the place in question, while other times it is more complicated. So that you do not stay with the doubt, we want to explain what is the name of Barcelona and also where the name of the Catalan capital comes from.

What are the inhabitants of Barcelona called?

The name of the people who live in Barcelona is from Barcelona and Barcelona in Spanish and Barcelona and Barcellona in Catalan, a co-official language in this region.

Barcelona is the capital city of Catalonia, but it is also one of the four provinces and there is also the Barcelonès region ( Barcelonès in Catalan) which also includes the municipalities of Badalona, ​​L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Santa Coloma de Gramanet and Sant Adrià de Besós.

Where does the name of Barcelona come from?

Although there are numerous theories about the origin of the name of Barcelona, the truth is that not all have foundations and demonstrable bases, but rather it is historical legends.

However, there are archaeological remains of the Roman presence in the first century BC and the founding of a settlement that received the name: Colonia Iulia Augusta Faventia Paterna Barcino . It was this last term -Barcino-, coming from the Iberian Barkéno, with which the city was popularly known, which evolved to the name of Barcelona.