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basque

Speech parts

1. basque - Noun

2. basque - Adjective

3. Basque - Proper noun

Meaning

Pertaining to Biscay, its people, or their language.

One of a race, of unknown origin, inhabiting a region on the Bay of Biscay in Spain and France.

The language spoken by the Basque people.

A part of a lady's dress, resembling a jacket with a short skirt; -- probably so called because this fashion of dress came from the Basques.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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Castilian Spanish speaking Spain is big, but is bigger in addition with Catalonian speaking Spain, Galician speaking Spain and Basque speaking Spain. Democratic Spain, Constitutional Spain, can not be separated from diversity and the respect to the citizenship. José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero

Legalising the Basque flag over my dead body. Manuel Fraga Iribarne

I'm going to give you a peaceful Basque Country. José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero

Basque and Celt. Criminals and barbarians. I didn't think there could be a more primitive pairing of genes. Karen Marie Moning

A by the Basque Research Center on Cognition, Brain, and Language analyzed the way that the comparative role of letters and words create meaning. Source: Internet

A 20th-century feature of Basque culture is the phenomenon of gastronomical societies (called txoko in Basque), food clubs where men gather to cook and enjoy their own food. Source: Internet

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