Gender Masculine
Usage Catalan, Lengadocian, Provençal
Meaning & History
Catalan. Languedocian and Provençal form of Hyacinthus. Jacint Verdaguer i Santaló (1845 – 1902) was a writer, regarded as one of the greatest poets of Catalan literature and a prominent literary figure of the Renaixença, a cultural revival movement of the late Romantic era. He was referred to as the "Prince of Catalan poets".