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Basque

Basque [ bask ] (plural Basques)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. member of European people: a member of a people of unknown origin living in the western Pyrenees, in northwestern Spain and southwestern France

2. language of Basques: the language spoken by the Basques, having no known relationship with another language. Native speakers: 700,000.

[Early 19th century. Via French< Latin Vasco]

Basque adjective
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