basque
IPA: bˈæsk
Root Word: Basque
noun
- A member of a cultural and ethnic people living in the western Pyrenees and the Bay of Biscay between France and Spain.
- The language of the Basque people.
- The part of a waistcoat etc. extending below the waist.
- A woman's close-fitting bodice, underbodice, or corset having such a feature.
adjective
- Relating to the Basque people or their language.
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Examples of "basque" in Sentences
- Basque is the language of the Basque people.
- Aide was the Basque numenistic deity of the air.
- Catalan and Basque nationalists were not univocal.
- The Basque food often uses fish and meat, especially veal.
- The majority of students are educated in the Basque language.
- The ideology of the party is the left wing Basque nationalism.
- Pamplonese hegemony of the Basque kingdom over the christian peninsula.
- He participated in the writing of the Autonomy Act of the Basque Country.
- He considered Basques to be ignorant, superstitious, proud and irreligious.
- It was hurriedly built during the Spanish Civil War by the Basque Government.
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