basque region
1Basque Country — The region comprising three provinces in N Spain, on the Bay of Biscay, inhabited by Basques: 2,803 sq mi (7,260 sq km); pop. 2,104,000: also called Basque Provinces * * * I French Pays Basque Cultural region, extreme southwestern France. It… …
2Basque people — Infobox Ethnic group group = Basques Euskaldunak flag caption = 1st row: Arista Sancho III Elcano Loyola Urdaneta Oñate Bolívar 2nd row:Zumalakarregi Gardoqui Garat Iraola Arana Balenciaga Aguirre 3rd row:Garrastazu Larrazábal Perón Laxalt… …
3Basque Country (greater region) — Infobox Country name = Basque Country official name = other name = native name = Euskal Herria largest city= Bilbao population estimate =3,007,661 population estimate year=2006 population density km2=143.5 population density sqmi=359.5 common… …
4Basque Nationalist Party — Infobox Political Party party name = Basque Nationalist Party EAJ PNV party name basque = Euzko Alderdi Jeltzalea colorcode = #808080 party leader = Iñigo Urkullu foundation = 1895 ideology = Basque nationalism, Christian democracy | headquarters …
5Basque witch trials — Francisco de Goya s Witches Sabbat, 1798 The Basque witch trials of the 17th century represent the most ambitious attempt at rooting out witchcraft ever undertaken by the Spanish Inquisition. The trial of the Basque witches at Logroño, near… …
6Basque referendum, 2008 — A two question non binding referendum in the Spanish Basque Country loosely regarding Basque self determination from Spain was scheduled for 25 October 2008. The poll was proposed by lehendakari (president of the Basque country autonomous… …
7Basque Nationalist Party — ▪ political organization, Basque region Basque Euzko Alderdi Jeltzalea (EAJ), Spanish Partido Nacionalist Vasco (PNV) Basque political party that supports greater autonomy for the Basque Country (including Navarre (Navarra)) within… …
8Basque language — Basque Euskara Spoken in  Spain …
9Basque rural sports — Basque rural sports, known as Herri Kirolak in Basque, is the term used for a number of sports competitions rooted in the traditional lifestyles of the Basque people. They are called deporte rural vasco or simply deportes vascos in Spanish and… …
10BASQUE (PAYS) — BASQUE PAYS Traversé par une frontière politique et orographique, le Pays basque possède une forte unité ethnique, culturelle et linguistique, qui compense l’hétérogénéité du milieu physique. Sans jamais avoir formé un ensemble politique, les… …
