Basques

The Basques (Basque: euskaldunak; Spanish: vascos; French: basques, English: /bɑːskz/ or /bæskz/) are an indigenous ethnic group characterized by the Basque language. Basques primarily inhabit an area traditionally known as the Basque Country (Basque: Euskal Herria), a region that is located around the western end of the Pyrenees on the coast of the Bay of Biscay and straddles parts of north-central Spain and south-western France.

The Basques are known as:

Euskaldunak in Basque (this ethnonym means "the speakers of the Basque language"; to refer to all the inhabitants of the Basque Country, the name euskal herritarrak is preferred)

Vasco in Spanish

Basque in French and English.

Basco in Gascon and Portuguese.

Etymology of the word Basque

The English word Basque may be pronounced /bɑːsk/ or /bæsk/ and derives from the French Basque (pronounced French pronunciation: [bask]), which is derived from Gascon Basco (pronounced /ˈbasku/), cognate with Spanish Vasco (pronounced /ˈbasko/). These, in turn, come from Latin Vasco (pronounced /wasko/), plural Vascones (see History section below). The Latin labial-velar approximant /w/ generally evolved into the bilabials /b/ and /β̞/ in Gascon and Spanish, probably under the influence of Basque and Aquitanian, a language related to old Basque and spoken in Gascony in Antiquity (similarly the Latin /w/ evolved into /v/ in French, Italian and other languages).

Basque

Basque may refer to:

Basque language, the ancestral language of the Basque people

Basque people, an ethnic group which primarily inhabits an area known as the Basque Country

Basque cuisine, the cuisine of the Basque people

Basque music, the music of the Basque people

In geography:

Basque Country (greater region), the homeland of the Basque people with parts in both Spain and France

Basque Country (autonomous community), an autonomous region of Spain

Northern Basque Country, situated within the western part of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques of France

Southern Basque Country, the autonomous region of Spain including Navarre

In other uses:

Basque (clothing), or old basque, an item of women's apparel

Basque (grape), another name for white wine grape Crouchen

Basque Country

Basque Country may refer to:

Basque Country (greater region) (Euskal Herria in Basque, or País Vasco in Spanish, Pays Basque in French), the approximate cultural area of the Basque people, culture and language

Basque Country (autonomous community) (Euskal Autonomia Erkidegoa in Basque; Comunidad Autónoma Vasca, Euskadi, País Vasco or Vascongadas in Spanish), an autonomous community of Spain (shown in pink on the map)

Northern Basque Country or French Basque Country (Ipar Euskal Herria or Iparralde in Basque; Pays Basque or Pays Basque Nord in French), the three (historic) northern provinces in France (shown in yellow on the map)

Southern Basque Country (Hego Euskal Herria or Hegoalde in Basque), the Basque provinces in Spain i.e. the autonomous Basque community plus Navarre (shown in pink and green on the map)

India deploys more troops along China border, raises ‘caution level’

Edit The Siasat Daily 12 Aug 2017

New Delhi. In a strategically key move, India has poured in more troops along the entire stretch of its border with China in Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh in the face of heightened rhetoric by Beijing over the Dokalam standoff, senior government officials said on Friday. The “caution level” among the troops has also been raised, the officials told PTI ... Bhutan and China have competing claims over Dokalam, and are negotiating a resolution....

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Jamaica's Usain Bolt lies on the track after he injured himself during the 4x100 m relay final during the World Athletics Championships in London Saturday, Aug. 12, 2017.

Usain Bolt collapses in final race, Great Britain seal 4x100m relay gold

Edit Hindustan Times 13 Aug 2017

Usain Bolt’s unparalleled career ended in extraordinary drama as he pulled up with injury on the anchor leg of his very last race, the 4x100 metres relay final at the World Championships ... The British quartet of Chijindu Ujah, Adam Gemili, Daniel Talbot and Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake claimed gold in 37.47 seconds, with the Justin Gatlin-led US four taking silver at 0.05sec and Japan a surprise bronze (38.04). (Read ... (Read ... ....

photo: AP / Steve Helber

A counter demonstrator uses a lighted spray can against a white nationalist demonstrator at the entrance to Lee Park in Charlottesville, Virginia, Saturday, Aug. 12, 2017.

Hate boils over at deadly rally in Va.

Edit Boston Herald 13 Aug 2017

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A man walks past a huge screen showing an file image of a PAC-3 Patriot missile unit during a TV news in Tokyo Saturday, Aug. 12, 2017.

Guam, Japan prepare for possible North Korea missile launch

Edit CNN 13 Aug 2017

Hagatña, Guam (CNN)North Korean military figures are putting the final touches on a plan to fire four missiles into the waters around the US-territory of Guam, to be presented to leader Kim Jong Un within days. In a statement last week, Gen. Kim Rak Gyom, commander of the Strategic Force of the Korean People's Army, said the plan to fire "four Hwasong-12 intermediate-range strategic ballistic rockets ... Read More ... He did not elaborate ... ....

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50 feared dead as two buses swept away in landslide in northern India

Edit China Daily 13 Aug 2017

NEW DELHI - At least 50 people are feared dead after two buses were swept away by a massive landslide Sunday in the northern Indian state of Himachal Pradesh ... Bali told the media ... ....

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People rally in Spain’s Basque to back Catalonia’s independence bid

Edit Press TV 13 Aug 2017

Thousands of people have staged a rally in the Spanish autonomous Basque Country to support an independence vote due in the northern Spanish region of Catalonia ... well as Basque’s regional flag ... The first is the Basque people are demanding their own sovereignty....

Basques march in solidarity with Catalonia independence vote

Edit The Local 13 Aug 2017

Hundreds of Basques turned out on the streets on Saturday in support of Catalonia and its planned referendum on independence from Madrid, an ambition long fought for by Basque separatists ... ....

Rally Supporting Catalonia's Independence From Spain Held in Basque Country

Edit Sputnik 13 Aug 2017

A rally in support of independence of Spain's Catalonia region from Madrid took place in the city of San Sebastian in the Spanish autonomous Basque Country ... ....

Tired of tourists: Six places that are struggling with overcrowding

Edit Irish Independent 12 Aug 2017

With peak summer holiday in full swing, European hotspots are struggling with tourism hordes. Here are six of the main pinch-points. 1. Venice ... More. Venice to issue €500 fines to littering, dawdling or scantily-clad tourists 2. Barcelona. Barcelona ... More ... Majorca. Tourist boom ... More. Revealed ... More ... 4 ... More ... An anti-tourism march is planned for later in the month, to coincide with Semana Grande, a celebration of Basque culture ... Basque in its glory ... ....

20,000 fipronil-contaminated eggs found in Spain

Edit Xinhua 12 Aug 2017

MADRID, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- The department of health in the Basque region, north Spain, confirmed on Saturday that it has seized a shipment of 20,000 fipronil-contaminated eggs from France ... Fipronil is a pesticide effective on a large number of pests ... ....

A tender moment – Part 1

Edit The Star 12 Aug 2017

One somewhat odd disadvantage of living in rural France is, quite honestly, the extreme freshness of much of the produce ... A meat ageing cellar ... Photo. VisualHunt/Dottorpeni ... Travelling around Europe meant tasting awesome breeds like Chianina, Simmental and Charolais – all stunningly delicious meats, though the best beef in Europe might be the massive rib-eyes called chuletón from the Rubia Gallega cattle in the Basque region of Spain ... ....

RCMP arrest man and woman following execution of search warrant in Channel-Port-aux-Basques

Edit Public Technologies 11 Aug 2017

On August 5, 2017, Port-aux-Basques RCMP arrested a 30-year-old man and 38-year-old woman following the execution of a search warrant on a residence in the town....

British holidaymakers could be attacked in a 'serious violent incident' if anti-tourism protests continue in Spain

Edit This is Money 11 Aug 2017

Scroll down for video ... In Palma, Majorca, they set off smoke flares outside a seafront restaurant, while in Bilbao, northern Spain, another group sprayed paint across the headquarters of the Basque Country tourist board yesterday/on Wednesday. ....

Anti-tourism marches spread from Venice and Barcelona to across Europe

Edit Taipei Times 11 Aug 2017

With the continent sweltering under a heatwave nicknamed “Lucifer,” tempers have been boiling over, too, as a wave of anti-tourism protests take place at some of Europe’s most popular destinations ... There have also been protests in Mallorca and San Sebastian, where an anti-tourism march is planned for Thursday next week, to coincide with Semana Grande — a major festival of Basque culture ... ....

'It's really tough out here' - Irish people in Barcelona say anti-tourism sentiment growing

Edit Irish Independent 11 Aug 2017

Irish people living in Barcelona have warned that an anti-tourism sentiment is growing in the Spanish hot spot. Last month a tourist bus was stopped by people in balaclavas outside the Nou Camp stadium and its tyres were slashed ... He told Independent.ie that he regularly sees protesters on the streets wearing anti-tourist signs ... Fionn Carty ... Other protests are also taking place in the Balearic Islands and in areas of the Basque region ... ....

Authoritarian governments hate Wikipedia, which is why you should get involved

Edit Open Democracy 11 Aug 2017

Closed governments hate open systems. They're afraid of a fast, unmonitored internet infrastructure which offers access to the kind of information that may help to bring about their undoing. Montreal Skyline at Wikimania ... CC BY-SA 4.0 ... CC BY-SA 4.0 ... If you want information about Kurdish culture, or you want to study Basque or find sources in Arabic or Kiswahili, the available information on Wikipedia is only a fraction of that in English....

A Basque writer contemplates America

Edit The Economist 10 Aug 2017

IN THE gambling city of Reno, where red, green and fuchsia neon signs shine like “boiled sweets”, the University of Nevada has a Centre for Basque Studies ... Emigrants from the Basque ......

The ultimate gift: Port aux Basques man receives a new kidney thanks to organ donation

Edit Topix 10 Aug 2017

An unexpected call in the wee hours of the morning on May 23 changed Andy Porter's life forever - or in the man's own words "gave me back to my family." The call, which he received about 5.30 a.m., was from the province's organ transplant coordinator ... ....

San Sebastian: ‘Dantza,’ ‘Erased,’ ‘A Decent Man’ Form Inaugural Glocal in Progress

Edit Variety 10 Aug 2017

MADRID — Basque Telmo Esnal’s “Dantza,” “Erased,” from Slovene producer-turned-director Miha Mazzini, and “A Decent Man,” the debut of Romania’s Hadrian Marcu, make up San Sebastian’s first Glocal in Progress competition, a showcase for films in post-production made in Europe but not in one of its “big six” languages. Celebrating its first edition at September’s... Read more » ... ....

First Venice and Barcelona: now anti-tourism marches spread across Europe

Edit Democratic Underground 10 Aug 2017

https.//www.theguardian.com/travel/2017/aug/10/anti-tourism-marches-spread-across-europe-venice-barcelona ... An Arran spokesperson told the BBC ... There have also been protests in Mallorca and San Sebastián, where an anti-tourism march is planned for 17 August, to coincide with Semana Grande a major festival of Basque culture ... ....

Basques

Etymology of the word Basque

Basque

See also

Basque Country

See also

The mystery of the Basques

The Basque people Documentary

faces of basque people

Basque - A Language of Mystery

Rh- Negative Blood and Antediluvian Civilizations (Robert Sepehr)

Atlantean Aryans The Indigenous Basque Tribes of S.W.Europe !!! ;-)

Basque Country

The Basques Facial Features

The pre-Indo-European - Basque people

What Basque Sounds Like Compared to Other Languages

The mystery of the Basques

The Basque people Documentary

faces of basque people

Basque - A Language of Mystery

Rh- Negative Blood and Antediluvian Civilizations (Robert Sepehr)

Atlantean Aryans The Indigenous Basque Tribes of S.W.Europe !!! ;-)

Basque Country

The Basques Facial Features

The pre-Indo-European - Basque people

What Basque Sounds Like Compared to Other Languages

The mystery of the Basques

The Basque people Documentary

faces of basque people

Basque - A Language of Mystery

Rh- Negative Blood and Antediluvian Civilizations (Robert Sepehr)

Atlantean Aryans The Indigenous Basque Tribes of S.W.Europe !!! ;-)

Basque Country

The Basques Facial Features

The pre-Indo-European - Basque people

What Basque Sounds Like Compared to Other Languages

The mystery of the Basques

The Basque people Documentary

faces of basque people

Basque - A Language of Mystery

Rh- Negative Blood and Antediluvian Civilizations (Robert Sepehr)

Atlantean Aryans The Indigenous Basque Tribes of S.W.Europe !!! ;-)

Basque Country

The Basques Facial Features

The pre-Indo-European - Basque people

What Basque Sounds Like Compared to Other Languages

The mystery of the Basques

The Basque people Documentary

faces of basque people

Basque - A Language of Mystery

Rh- Negative Blood and Antediluvian Civilizations (Robert Sepehr)

Atlantean Aryans The Indigenous Basque Tribes of S.W.Europe !!! ;-)

Basque Country

The Basques Facial Features

The pre-Indo-European - Basque people

What Basque Sounds Like Compared to Other Languages

The Basque people Documentary

Basque Country

Song of The Basque

DNA: Blood of the Irish; Basque; Black Irish; Co. Clare bones genealogy IF#153

The Land of the Basques - Orson Welles Full documentary with Basque subs

unrecognized nations basque country 3 Documentary Lengh AMAZING Documentary

Ancient Bloodlines and Lost Civilizations - ROBERT SEPEHR

The Black Irish - Irish & British people are originally Spanish

Has ETA given up on independence? - Inside Story

Basque Memoir "The Sheepherder's Daughters"

The Basque people Documentary

Basque Country

Song of The Basque

DNA: Blood of the Irish; Basque; Black Irish; Co. Clare bones genealogy IF#153

The Land of the Basques - Orson Welles Full documentary with Basque subs

unrecognized nations basque country 3 Documentary Lengh AMAZING Documentary

Ancient Bloodlines and Lost Civilizations - ROBERT SEPEHR

The Black Irish - Irish & British people are originally Spanish

Has ETA given up on independence? - Inside Story

Basque Memoir "The Sheepherder's Daughters"

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