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Basque

Pronunciation: /bask/

“Basque” is a French word. Its meaning in English:

noun

  1. Basque (person of either gender)

In French

  1. Habitant du Pays basque.

Etymology

From Gascon Occitan basc, from Latin Vascō, Vascōnēs pl, a pre-Roman era tribe settled in the Atlantic Biscaian gulf and Pyrenean mountain region of south-western Europe, who were ancestors of the current Basque population.

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