Capitalise the names of all countries, towns and other geographical terms commonly accepted to be the proper names of cultural, historic, tourist, geographic or economic entities.
The names of geographical features are also capitalised. The generic term (lake, sea, river, channel, etc.) is also capitalised when it is used as part of the name.
Otherwise, no capital letter is used (see Reference).
Capitalise the initial article in place names, even though it is lowercased in Catalan.
When you are referring to parts of cities, capitalise terms such as avinguda, carrer, carretera, passeig and plaça, even though these are lowercased in Catalan (see also Place names in the section on translation).
Compass directions should only be capitalised when they are part of the name of a recognised geographical or political region.
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The names of geographical features are also capitalised. The generic term (lake, sea, river, channel, etc.) is also capitalised when it is used as part of the name.
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Otherwise, no capital letter is used (see Reference).
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the Mediterranean and the Baltic seas |
Capitalise the initial article in place names, even though it is lowercased in Catalan.
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When you are referring to parts of cities, capitalise terms such as avinguda, carrer, carretera, passeig and plaça, even though these are lowercased in Catalan (see also Place names in the section on translation).
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All Erasmus Week participants should be at the station in Plaça de Catalunya at 9 a.m. |
Compass directions should only be capitalised when they are part of the name of a recognised geographical or political region.
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The URV has established an agreement with Queen’s University, the leading university in Northern Ireland. |
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The URV is the university of southern Catalonia. |
Recommended citation:
«Places» [en línia]. A: Llibre d’estil de la Universitat de Barcelona. Barcelona: Universitat de Barcelona. Serveis Lingüístics. <http://www.ub.edu/cub/criteri.php?id=2341> [consulta: 19 maig 2022].
