Definitions for "Roussillon"
Roussillon (French: Roussillon, pronounced ; Occitan: Rossellò, pronounced ) is one of the historical counties of the former Principality of Catalonia, corresponding roughly to the present-day southern French département of Pyrénées-Orientales (Eastern Pyrenees). It is also called French Catalonia or Northern Catalonia, the latter term used particularly by Catalan nationalism.