query: where is basque located?

title: Basque Y

text: reduce the usage of planes, more polluting than trains. In addition it will be more affordable than traveling by plane (very unusual for Spain, where general tariffs for the AVE service from Barcelona to Málaga cost €138.00 in "Turista" and €250.00 in "Club" class one way), and taking passengers to the very centre of cities, instead of the outskirts, where airports are usually located. The official Y-shaped layout was approved by the Basque Parliament, but criticised by Ezker Batua-Berdeak, a coalition of the Basque branch of United Left, a component member of the Basque Government in 2007. EB put forward

title: Basque Government

text: Basque Government The Basque Government (, ) is the governing body of the Basque Autonomous Community of Spain. The head of the Basque government is known as the "Lehendakari". The Lehendakari is appointed by the Basque Parliament every four years, after a regional election. Its headquarters are located in the Lakua district of Vitoria-Gasteiz in Álava. The first Basque Government was created after the approval of the first Basque Statute of Autonomy on 1 October 1936, in the midst of the Spanish Civil War. It was headed by José Antonio Aguirre (EAJ-PNV) and was supported by a coalition of all

title: Basque Government

text: term the Government is compounded by eleven departments: Employment and Social Policies, Education, Culture and Linguistic Policy, Public Governance and Self-Government, Environment,Territorial Planning and Housing, Health, Home Office, Economic Development and Infrastructure, Treasury and Economy, Tourism, Trade and Consumer and, finally, Labor and Justice. Basque Government The Basque Government (, ) is the governing body of the Basque Autonomous Community of Spain. The head of the Basque government is known as the "Lehendakari". The Lehendakari is appointed by the Basque Parliament every four years, after a regional election. Its headquarters are located in the Lakua district of Vitoria-Gasteiz in Álava.

title: Basque diaspora

text: Spanish settlers from Basque Country to New Spain which still exist today. They are mostly descendants of settlers from Spain and Mexico, with a number from other parts of Hispanic America. Other significant Basque populations in the United States are located in Reno, Nevada, and the Central Valley region of California. In Winnemucca, Nevada there is an annual Basque festival that celebrates the dance, cuisine and cultures of the Basque peoples of Spanish, French and Mexican nationalities who arrived in Nevada in the late 19th century. Reno is home to the nation's only Basque Studies Department at the University of

title: Basque diaspora

text: themselves as Spanish, French or Latin American. The largest concentration of Basque Americans is in the Boise, Idaho, area, where approximately 15,000 Basque Americans live. Boise is home of the Basque Museum and Cultural Center and hosts a large Basque festival known as Jaialdi every five years. A large majority of the Boise Basque community traces its ancestry to Bizkaia (Vizcaya in Spanish, Biscay in English) in northern Spain. In South Texas along the Mexican-Texan border of the Rio Grande Valley, many people are of Basque heritage or have Basque surnames. Along this area are many ranches given to colonial

title: Basque cuisine

text: given new impetus to Basque cuisine. Basque cuisine has continued to have an influence on international cuisine, particularly in Spain and France where it is highly regarded. Catalan chef Ferran Adrià has taken the techniques pioneered by Arzak and other Basque chefs to new heights. Karlos Arguiñano has popularised Basque cuisine in Spain through TV and books. Teresa Barrenechea was among the first people to bring traditional Basque cuisine to America with her first restaurant Marichu in Bronxville in 1991, where she hired Chef Joseba Encabo to set up, develop the menus and run the restaurant till soon later he

title: Basque Country (greater region)

text: Basque Country (greater region) The Basque Country (; ; ) is the name given to the home of the Basque people. The Basque country is located in the western Pyrenees, straddling the border between France and Spain on the coast of the Bay of Biscay. "Euskal Herria" is the oldest documented Basque name for the area they inhabit, dating from the 16th century. It comprises the Autonomous Communities of the Basque Country and Navarre in Spain and the Northern Basque Country in France. The region is home to the Basque people (), their language (), culture and traditions. The area

title: Basque Country (greater region)

text: competitions with points awarded for specific criteria such as time, precision, elegance and productivity. Basque Country (greater region) The Basque Country (; ; ) is the name given to the home of the Basque people. The Basque country is located in the western Pyrenees, straddling the border between France and Spain on the coast of the Bay of Biscay. "Euskal Herria" is the oldest documented Basque name for the area they inhabit, dating from the 16th century. It comprises the Autonomous Communities of the Basque Country and Navarre in Spain and the Northern Basque Country in France. The region is

title: Standard Basque

text: in the cities, whereas in the countryside, with more elderly speakers, people remain attached to the natural dialects to a higher degree, especially in informal situations; i.e. Basque traditional dialects are still used in the situations where they always were used (native Basque speakers speaking in informal situations), while "batua" has conquered new fields for the Basque language: the formal situations (where Basque was seldom used, apart from religion) and a lot of new speakers that otherwise would not have learned Basque. "Euskara batua" enjoys official language status in Spain (in the whole Basque Autonomous Community and in the northern

title: Basque conflict

text: its conceptual voidment and banalization, allowing for it to be subsumed within the metanarrative of the basque conflict. Amaiur Senator Urko Aiartza and Dr Julen Zabalo have written that The Basque Country () is the name given to the geographical area located on the shores of the Bay of Biscay and on the two sides of the western Pyrenees that spans the border between France and Spain. Nowadays, this area roughly belongs to three different political structures: the Basque autonomous community, also known as Euskadi, and Navarre in Spain, and the three Northern Basque historical provinces (Labourd, Lower Navarre and

title: Basque Country (autonomous community)

text: capital Vitoria-Gasteiz is located. The rivers flow south from the mountains to the Ebro River. The main rivers are the Zadorra River and Bayas River. From the southern mountains to the Ebro is the so-called "Rioja Alavesa", which shares the Mediterranean characteristics of other Ebro Valley zones. Some of Spain's production of Rioja wine takes place here. The Basque mountains form the watershed and also mark the distinct climatic areas of the Basque Country: The northern valleys, in Biscay and Gipuzkoa and also the valley of Ayala in Álava, are part of Green Spain, where the oceanic climate is predominant,

title: Basque cuisine

text: Cuisine Book at the 5th World Cookbook Fair, Périgueux (France). At the other end of the scale, Basque-style pintxos bars are common in Barcelona and Madrid. In cities where large numbers of Basque people emigrated, such as Buenos Aires, Argentina; São Paulo, Brazil, Boise, Idaho; Fresno, California, and Bakersfield, California, there are several Basque restaurants and a noted Basque influence on the local cuisine. Basque cuisine Basque cuisine refers to the cuisine of the Basque Country and includes meats and fish grilled over hot coals, marmitako and lamb stews, cod, Tolosa bean dishes, paprikas from Lekeitio, pintxos (Basque tapas), Idiazabal

title: Basque surnames

text: spelling variants. Outside the Basque Country, Basque surnames are often found in Spain and France, the former Spanish colonies in parts of South America and the Philippines and parts of the United States such as Idaho where substantial numbers of Basques emigrated to. These are Basque surnames that are well-known or famous around the world. Basque surnames Basque surnames refer to surnames with a Basque-language origin or a long, identifiable tradition in the Basque Country. They can be divided into two main types, patronymic and non-patronymic. The patronymics such as Munioitz, Santxez or Santxitz, and Diaitz (Spanish spellings: Muñoz, Sánchez,

title: Basque Culinary Center

text: in the following areas, among others: The centre has a cafeteria, which in practice functions as the training workshop for students on the Degree in Gastronomy and Culinary Arts, where they can put what they learn in class into practice with real customers, in both the kitchen and the dining room. This cafeteria is open to the public and serves two meals per day. Basque Culinary Center The Basque Culinary Center, based in San Sebastián, in the Basque region of Spain, is a culinary foundation created in 2009 by Mondragon University and a group of prominent Basque chefs as a

title: Basque cuisine

text: organised, but the "txoko" is frequently a small space owned by a group of friends in smaller towns and suburbs, where food and costs are shared. The first txoko was noted in Donostia in 1870. This unique feature of the Spanish Basque Country enables men to participate in the cooking process and spend time together away from the traditionally formidable matriarchs ("etxekoandreak"). In recent years, women have been allowed into some clubs. In the 1970s and 1980s Basque chefs were influenced by the "nouvelle cuisine" of France and created the "nouvelle cuisine basque", radically original in its form but solidly

title: Basque Americans

text: Cahuenga Valley (today Los Angeles, California). In the 1870s, the Los Angeles and Inland Empire land rush reportedly attracted thousands of Basques from Spain, Mexico and Latin America, but such reports do not bear out in a current census of Basque persons in the Southern United States where Basque persons are exceptionally rare in US census reporting. By the 1880s Basque immigration had spread up into Oregon, Utah, Montana, Wyoming, with significantly lesser numbers reaching the Southern states of Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas in the Southern most region. By 1895 there were reportedly about ten thousand self reporting Basque-Americans

title: Gâteau Basque

text: half of the 19th century. Later editions were flavoured with rum, brought back to France by Basques from the West Indies. The Gâteau Basque Festival ("Fête du Gâteau Basque") is organized each year in Cambo-les-Bains. "Eguzkia" ("sun" in Basque), an association to promote quality Basque cake, was founded in France in 1994. There is a museum dedicated to the cake, "Le musée du Gâteau Basque", in Sare, Labourd. Gâteau Basque Gâteau Basque (Basque: "Etxeko biskotxa"; "cake of the house") is a traditional dessert from the Northern Basque region of France, typically filled with black cherry jam or pastry cream. Gâteau

title: Basque language

text: of Spain. Consequently, the Statute of Autonomy of the Basque Autonomous Community establishes Basque as the co-official language of the autonomous community. The Statute of Navarre establishes Spanish as the official language of Navarre, but grants co-official status to the Basque language in the Basque-speaking areas of northern Navarre. Basque has no official status in the French Basque Country and French citizens are barred from officially using Basque in a French court of law. However, the use of Basque by Spanish nationals in French courts is permitted (with translation), as Basque is officially recognised on the other side of the

title: Basque nationalism

text: Basque nationalism Basque nationalism () is a form of nationalism that asserts that Basques, an ethnic group indigenous to the western Pyrenees, are a nation, and promotes the political unity of the Basques. Since its inception in the late 19th century, Basque nationalism has included separatist movements. Basque nationalism, spanning three different regions in two states (the Basque Autonomous Community and Navarre in Spain, and the French Basque Country in France) is "irredentist in nature" as it favors political unification of all the Basque-speaking provinces. Basque nationalism is rooted in Carlism and the loss, by the laws of 1839 and

title: Gâteau Basque

text: Gâteau Basque Gâteau Basque (Basque: "Etxeko biskotxa"; "cake of the house") is a traditional dessert from the Northern Basque region of France, typically filled with black cherry jam or pastry cream. Gâteau Basque with cream is more typical in the Southern Basque region of Spain. Typically Gâteau Basque is constructed from layers of a wheat flour based cake (a butter-sugar pastry dough, in this case "pâte sablée", not "brisée") with a filling of either black cherry jam or almond or vanilla pastry cream. It has been argued that only black cherries native to the Basque Country should be used. The

title: Basque Parliament

text: Basque Parliament The Basque Parliament (Basque: "Eusko Legebiltzarra", Spanish: "Parlamento Vasco") is the legislative body of the Basque Autonomous Community of Spain and the elected assembly to which the Basque Government is responsible. The Parliament meets in the Basque capital, Vitoria-Gasteiz, although the first session of the modern assembly, as constituted by the Statute of Autonomy of the Basque Country, was held in Guernica – the symbolic centre of Basque freedoms – on 31 March 1980. Later in 1980 it started meeting at the premises of the Alavese government. In 1982, it got its own site in a former high

title: Basque language

text: Basque language Basque (; ) is a language spoken in the Basque Country, a region that straddles the westernmost Pyrenees in adjacent parts of northern Spain and southwestern France. Linguistically, Basque is unrelated to the other languages of Europe and is a language isolate to any other known living language. The Basques are indigenous to, and primarily inhabit, the Basque Country. The Basque language is spoken by 28.4% (751,500) of Basques in all territories. Of these, 93.2% (700,300) are in the Spanish area of the Basque Country and the remaining 6.8% (51,200) are in the French portion. Native speakers live

title: Basque pelota

text: for betting, during the 80's and 90's Jai-Alai was especially popular in Miami and Florida where the frontons had press boxes, restaurants, and going to the Jai-Alai was seen to be a privilege. Men often came in suits and women came in elaborate dresses for the "special event". Nowadays Jai-Alai has dropped in popularity instead of thousands of people who came to watch now there are barely a couple hundred. Pelota is usually played in the Basque regions of south-western France and north-eastern Spain, where it originates. There are also federations of Basque ball in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Costa

title: Basque diaspora

text: Basque diaspora The Basque diaspora is the name given to describe people of Basque origin living outside their traditional homeland on the borders between Spain and France. Many Basques have left the Basque Country for other parts of the globe for economic and political reasons, with substantial populations in Colombia, Argentina and Chile with those of Basque ancestry in the hundreds of thousands; Mexico, Cuba, Venezuela and Uruguay (an estimated 5,000 to 50,000 descendants), Canada, and the United States. Notably, the Basque diaspora is sometimes referred to as "the eighth province", indirectly referring to the historical seven Basque provinces. People

title: Basque pig

text: Basque pig The Basque pig (, ) is a breed of pig native to the Basque Country. As suggested by its name in French, the breed is piebald, black and pink. What is today called the Basque pig is one of several historical breeds or breed types kept by Basque peoples, and it was consolidated under the name only in the 1920s. Though they were relatively common in the early 20th century, Basque pigs had nearly disappeared by 1981, with fewer than 100 breeding sows left. Today, the breed is preserved by small farmers in France and Spain who are

title: Basque Argentines

text: Argentina, mostly from Galicia and the Basque Country, which is a region in the western Pyrenees mountains straddling parts of France and Spain. Both Spanish and French Basques (including Navarrans) arrived in Argentina as part of a wider Basque diaspora. Today, around 10% of the Argentine population are of Basque descent. The destination of the majority of Basque emigrants was Argentina, with Basque culture contributing much to Argentine culture. There are Basque cultural centres ("Euskal Etxeak") in most large cities, as well as pelota courts and Basque language schools. Buenos Aires has a major Basque centre, the Laurak Bat, and

title: International Federation of Basque Pelota

text: Civil War, their activities were restricted until 1945. In 1946 the official modalities regulated by the federation were defined, and its specific rules set for equality of the participant country federations and the international championships. The headquarters of the federation are currently located in Pamplona, Spain. Currently the International Federation is constituted by 27 national federations. The current medal table from 1952 to 2014 is as follows: International Federation of Basque Pelota The International Federation of Basque Pelota ( (FIPV), ) is the worldwide governing body for Basque pelota, recognized by the International Olympic Committee. It sets the regulations for

title: Basque Nationalist Party

text: to put the large Basque exiles' network at the service of the Allied side and collaborated with the US Secretary of State and the CIA during the Cold War to fight Communism in Spanish America. When the United States decided to back Franco in 1952 Aguirre went to France anew where the Basque Government in exile was established. Also, he learned there that the pro-Nazi French government of Vichy confiscated the Basque Government's building and that the anti-Nazi De Gaulle maintained it as a Spanish Government's possession, given that the Basque Government has never had any international consideration other than

title: Basque nationalism

text: their own public finances. The Basque Autonomous Community has been led by the nationalist Christian Democratic PNV since it was reinstated in the early 1980s until 2009 when PSE got into office. In Navarre, Basque nationalism has failed to gain control of the autonomous community's government, ruled by UPN often with the support of PSN, but Basque nationalist parties run many small and medium size councils. Although France is a centralized state, Abertzaleen Batasuna, a Basque nationalist party, maintains a presence in some municipalities through local elections. Basque nationalism Basque nationalism () is a form of nationalism that asserts that

title: Basque language

text: Basque dialects are Biscayan, Gipuzkoan, and Upper Navarrese in Spain, and Navarrese–Lapurdian and Souletin in France. They take their names from the historic Basque provinces, but the dialect boundaries are not congruent with province boundaries. Euskara Batua was created so that Basque language could be used—and easily understood by all Basque speakers—in formal situations (education, mass media, literature), and this is its main use today. In both Spain and France, the use of Basque for education varies from region to region and from school to school. A language isolate, Basque is believed to be one of the few surviving pre-Indo-European

title: Basque Country (greater region)

text: first woman climbing the fourteen eight-thousanders. Related to mountaineering is trail running, where the Basque Country plays host to the popular Zegama-Aizkorri skyrunning races, held annually since 2002. One of the top basketball clubs in Europe, Saski Baskonia, is based in Vitoria-Gasteiz. Bilbao Basket and Gipuzkoa BC also play in Liga ACB, Spain's top league. In recent years surfing has taken off on the Basque shores, and Mundaka and Biarritz have become spots on the world surf circuit. The Basque country sporting tradition is linked to agricultural pursuits such as mowing with a scythe, or loading carts, but adapted as

title: Basque Nationalist Party

text: until nightfall. Basque Nationalist Party The Basque Nationalist Party (, EAJ; , PNV; , PNB; EAJ-PNV), officially Basque National Party in English, is a Christian democratic and Basque nationalist party. It operates in all the territories comprising the Basque Country: the Basque Autonomous Community and Navarre in Spain, and in the French Basque Country. It also has delegations in dozens of foreign nations, specifically those with a major presence of Basque immigrants. EAJ-PNV was founded by Sabino Arana in 1895, which makes it the second oldest party in Spain that remains active, after the PSOE. It is the largest Basque

title: Basque Nationalist Party

text: Basque Nationalist Party The Basque Nationalist Party (, EAJ; , PNV; , PNB; EAJ-PNV), officially Basque National Party in English, is a Christian democratic and Basque nationalist party. It operates in all the territories comprising the Basque Country: the Basque Autonomous Community and Navarre in Spain, and in the French Basque Country. It also has delegations in dozens of foreign nations, specifically those with a major presence of Basque immigrants. EAJ-PNV was founded by Sabino Arana in 1895, which makes it the second oldest party in Spain that remains active, after the PSOE. It is the largest Basque nationalist party,

title: Southern Basque Country

text: Southern Basque Country The Southern Basque Country (; ) is a term used to refer to the Basque territories within Spain as a unified whole. In Basque language, natives have referred to the Basque districts as "Euskal Herria(k)". During history, it has been named in a variety of ways in languages other than Basque (basically Spanish): Spanish Basque Country can refer to this same territory, but is ambiguous as it may or may not include Navarre; whereas the Basque-derived term "Southern Basque Country" invariably includes Navarre and the enclaves. It does not exist as a political unit but includes the

title: French Basque Country

text: to 22.5% in 2006. On the coast, where the largest cities are located, the predominant language is French, for example, in the Bayonne-Anglet-Biarritz agglomeration, Basque is spoken by 10% of the population. However, in the interior of the Northern Basque Country, where the rural environment is located, Basque is the predominant language, spoken by the majority of the population There is a Basque nationalist political movement going back to 1963 with the Embata movement (forbidden in 1974), followed up during the 2000s by Abertzaleen Batasuna and others. They seek a split of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques into two French departments: "Pays Basque"

title: Basque Mountains

text: parallel sub-ranges running from west to east, the inner one and the coastal one. In between them there is a 500 m high plateau called ""Llanada Alavesa"" ("Alava Plains") where Vitoria-Gasteiz is located. East of the "Llanada" a narrow valley called "Burunda" and its follow-up "Barranca" (or "Sakana" in Basque) separate the two ranges, with Urbasa-Andia located to the south and Aralar to the north. The valley harbours major infrastructures linking Vitoria-Gasteiz and Pamplona. The Basque coastal range forms the water divide of the Mediterranean and Atlantic basins, the climate north of the range is milder and oceanic, typical of

title: Basque festival

text: Basque Floral Games came into being in French-Spanish bordering areas of Navarre, Labourd, and Gipuzkoa, fostered and encouraged by Antoine d'Abbadie and other cultural figures. Basque festival Basque festival, also known as Euskal jaiak, is a festival celebrating Basque culture showing Basque dance and other elements of the Basque folklore. Basque festivals are organized in the United States of America in towns with an important population of Basque descendants, such as Reno, Boise and Winnemucca. Similar festivals are celebrated in Argentina and other countries where Basque diaspora is set. Basque festivals are also celebrated in the Basque Country: "Euskal Jaiak"

title: Basque festival

text: Basque festival Basque festival, also known as Euskal jaiak, is a festival celebrating Basque culture showing Basque dance and other elements of the Basque folklore. Basque festivals are organized in the United States of America in towns with an important population of Basque descendants, such as Reno, Boise and Winnemucca. Similar festivals are celebrated in Argentina and other countries where Basque diaspora is set. Basque festivals are also celebrated in the Basque Country: "Euskal Jaiak" celebrations in September in Donostia and Zarautz are famous. Early examples of Basque festivals date from the late 19th century, when the Lore Jokoak, or

title: Basque language

text: border. The positions of the various existing governments differ with regard to the promotion of Basque in areas where Basque is commonly spoken. The language has official status in those territories that are within the Basque Autonomous Community, where it is spoken and promoted heavily, but only partially in Navarre. The "Ley del Vascuence" ("Law of Basque"), seen as contentious by many Basques, but considered fitting Navarra's linguistic and cultural diversity by some of the main political parties of Navarre, divides Navarre into three language areas: Basque-speaking, non-Basque-speaking, and mixed. Support for the language and the linguistic rights of citizens

title: Basque bowls

text: Basque bowls Basque bowls (), is one of the few Basque rural sports which do not originate in an activity related to rural or marine work. It has a number of other names too and is played in a "bolatoki" or "bolaleku" "bowls place" which often consists of a playing area in the open, an open sided structure with a low roof or a playing area located inside a colonnaded hallway. The game has been more common in the southern parts of the Basque Country in the last few centuries, especially in Álava and Biscay and to a lesser degree

title: Basque dialects

text: of Zuberoan (also called Souletin), which is regarded as the most divergent Basque dialect. The names for the language in the dialects of Basque ("Euskara" in Standard Basque) for example exemplify to some degree the dialectal fragmentation of the Basque speaking area. The most divergent forms are generally found in the Eastern dialects. The following map shows the approximate areas where each word is used. The smaller-type instances are cases of the name being recorded for a particular area, the larger-type instances show super-regional forms common throughout the dialect area in question: Comparing the forms of the Basque verb used

title: Basque language

text: (from a population of 2,371,100) 15 years previously. The 2011 figures show an increase of some 64,000 speakers compared to the 2006 figures to 714,136, with significant increases in the Autonomous Community, but a slight drop in the Northern Basque Country to 51,100, overall amounting to an increase to 27% of all inhabitants of Basque provinces (2,648,998 in total). Basque is used as a language of commerce both in the Basque Country and in locations around the world where Basques immigrated throughout history. The modern Basque dialects show a high degree of dialectal divergence, sometimes making cross-dialect communication difficult. This

title: Basque dance

text: popular dance of Basque Ancestors, which comes back stronger these days, as if the tradition could never been forgotten. Mutxikoak which in Basque means that at first "a young boy's dance", although women dance it more now than young boys. It is danced in circle as around a sun, where the individuality of each other fuse together with the universality of an illimited circle, where each person is unique even if everybody dances the same dance. Some of the Basque dances feature weapons. The "ezpatadantza" ("sword dance") comes from the Durango area and is danced for authorities and in the

title: Basque Declaration

text: a central database where cities can submit their own 'transformative actions'. The idea is that local innovations can inspire other city leaders and where it is possible, help to facilitate replication of successful strategies. To encourage cities to report on their activities a 'Transformative Action Award' was created. Basque Declaration The Basque Declaration (2016) is a formal document outlining 15 pathways for the development of more sustainable cities in Europe. The Declaration was acclaimed at the 8th European Conference on Sustainable Cities & Towns from 27-29 April 2016 in Basque Country. The document can be seen as a continuation of

title: Basque Statistics Office

text: any information that can identify or individualise the suppliers of the information, who are protected by statistical confidentiality. It coordinates two advisory bodies, the Basque Statistics Commission, where the Departments of the Basque Government, the provincial councils and the local councils as producers of statistics are represented, and the Basque Statistics Council, where all social agents and representatives of society also participate. Its statistics operations are established in the four-year plans approved by the Basque Parliament and are implemented through the Annual Statistics Programmes. The "2005-2008 Basque Statistics Plan" envisaged 180 operations. Basque Statistics Office The Basque Statistics Office ("Eustat")

title: Basque rural sports

text: games in this family are generally "direct games" where the players face each other in two separate fields separated by a net or line on the ground. The Basques began playing pelota "indirectly" during the middle of the 19th century. For the different variations of Basque pelota, see the main article on Basque pelota. While most of the best world players are Basque (in either the Spanish or the French federations), it is by no means limited to the Basque Country and is also played in Castile, Rioja and places where Basques have emigrated to such as Mexico (home of

title: Basque diaspora

text: country. Due to this presence is that the Colombian department of Antioquia has been considered a major route of the Basque-Navarre immigration, mainly during the colonial era, when hundreds of Basques migrated to be linked to the Spanish colonization companies. It is estimated, for example, for the Department of Antioquia (a region where hundreds of Spaniards arrived, of which a good portion were Basque) some limited aspects of the culture and traditions were brought by Basque settlers. Many point to Basque origins as a way to understand the population's idiosyncrasies. Prominent among these, were two American historians: Everett Hagen and

title: Basque rural sports

text: carrilanas" in Spanish but this version is called "goitiberas" even in Spanish. They occur in the Basque Country and Uruguay to where they were exported by Basque emigrants. The frog game is a pub game played both in the Basque Country and outside. In the Basque Country, it is commonly played in Basque sagardotegiak (cider houses) and taverns. The aim of the game is to score as many points as possible by aiming 10 metal disks at the frog chest. The chest can be placed at a number of distances away from the players, usually 8-15 paces. On top of

title: Basque bowls

text: and bet the payment of their drinks (often txakoli or cider) on their bowling skills. Due to the suspicion of the Catholic church and the nobility such activities, many bowling courts were historically located near churches. The first over-regional competition was organised by the council of Gasteiz in 1949 with players from all over Álava competing for 3 prizes of 500 pesetas and a trophy. Competitions at all levels have been held in various places since. Basque bowls Basque bowls (), is one of the few Basque rural sports which do not originate in an activity related to rural or

title: Basque–Icelandic pidgin

text: Basque–Icelandic pidgin The Basque–Icelandic pidgin was a pidgin spoken in Iceland in the 17th century. It is preserved in Icelandic manuscripts from the same and the following century. The pidgin consisted of Basque, Germanic and Romance words. It might have developed in Westfjords, where the manuscripts were written, but since it had influences from many other European languages, it is more likely that it was created elsewhere and brought to Iceland by Basque sailors. In the manuscript AM 987 4to, kept at the Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies in Reykjavík, there are two Basque–Icelandic glossaries called "Vocabula Gallica" ('French

title: Proto-Basque language

text: focused their attention on even older layers of the language (Pre-Proto-Basque) preceding the Celtic invasion of Iberia. Studying the behaviour of Latin and early Romance loanwords in Basque, Koldo Mitxelena discovered that proto-Basque *n became lost between vowels, and similarly that proto-Basque had no *m. Both are relatively unusual changes cross-linguistically, although /n/ was also partially deleted between vowels in the history of the nearby Portuguese language. One of the puzzles of Basque is the large number of words that begin with vowels, where the initial and second vowels are the same. Joseba Lakarra proposes that in pre-proto-Basque there was

title: Basque language

text: all the territory except in Bayonne and some villages around, and including some bordering towns in Béarn. In the 20th century, however, the rise of Basque nationalism spurred increased interest in the language as a sign of ethnic identity, and with the establishment of autonomous governments in the Southern Basque Country, it has recently made a modest comeback. In the Spanish part, Basque-language schools for children and Basque-teaching centres for adults have brought the language to areas such as Enkarterri and the Ribera d'Ebre in Navarre, where it is not known if it has ever been spoken before; and in

title: Basque Country (greater region)

text: as a compulsory subject, is the most widely chosen model by parents. In Navarre, there is an additional G model, with education entirely in Spanish. The ruling anti-Basque conservative government of "Unión del Pueblo Navarro" opposes Basque nationalist attempts to provide education in Basque through all Navarre (which would include areas where it is not traditionally spoken). Basque language teaching in the public education network is therefore limited to the Basque speaking north and central regions. In the central region, Basque teaching in the public education network is fairly limited, and part of the existing demand is served via private

title: Basque language

text: basically to place a high-pitched weak stress (weaker than that of Spanish, let alone that of English) on the second syllable of a syntagma, and a low-pitched even-weaker stress on its last syllable, except in plural forms where stress is moved to the first syllable. This scheme provides Basque with a distinct musicality that differentiates its sound from the prosodical patterns of Spanish (which tends to stress the second-to-last syllable). Some "Euskaldun berriak" ("new Basque-speakers", i.e. second-language Basque-speakers) with Spanish as their first language tend to carry the prosodical patterns of Spanish into their pronunciation of Basque, e.g. pronouncing "nire

title: Basque Country (autonomous community)

text: into a separate autonomous community. Currently there is no official capital in the autonomous community, but the city of Vitoria-Gasteiz, in the province of Álava, is the de facto capital as the location of the Basque Parliament, the headquarters of the Basque Government, and the residence of the President of the Basque Autonomous Community (the Palace of Ajuria Enea). Whilst Vitoria-Gasteiz is the largest municipality in area, with 277 km (107 sq mi), Bilbao (or "Bilbo" in Basque) is the largest in population, with 353,187 people, located in the province of Biscay within a conurbation of 875,552 people. The term

title: Basque grammar

text: is as expensive as meat, "meat" is the standard, indicated by the second "as" (compare "Fish is as expensive" or "Fish is so expensive", where no standard is mentioned). Comparisons of the "as...as" type are called "equative". With superlatives, as in "Donostia is the prettiest city in the Basque Country", on the other hand, "the Basque Country" is not really a standard but a "domain" or range within which the superlative applies. The structures used in such comparisons in Basque are as follows (the second table shows examples); the word orders shown are the most common and considered basic, but

title: Basque–Icelandic pidgin

text: words') and "Vocabula Biscaica" ('Biscayan words'). Towards the end of "Vocabula Biscaica", which contains a total of 278 words and short sentences, there are a few phrases where the Basque entries are mixed with words from Dutch, English, French, German and Spanish. The Basque–Icelandic pidgin is thereby not a mixture between Basque and Icelandic, but between Basque and other languages. It was named from the fact that it was written down in Iceland and translated into Icelandic. The word numbers are the same as in AM 987 4to. The manuscript's Basque and Icelandic phrases are from Deen (1937:102-105). The modern

title: Basque Colombians

text: Department of Antioquia (a region where hundreds of Spaniards arrived, of which a good portion were Basque) some limited aspects of the culture and traditions were brought by Basque settlers. Many point to Basque origins as a way to understand the population's idiosyncrasies. Prominent among these, were two American historians: Everett Hagen and Leonard Kasdan. Hagen looked up the phone in Medellin in 1957 and found that 15% of the surnames were Basques, of Basque origin, finding then that employers in the percentage of surnames was up to 25%, which led it to conclude that the inheritance Basque was very

title: Basque rural sports

text: frontenis), Florida and the Philippines. As such it has been an Olympic exhibition sport in Paris, Mexico and Barcelona. It is called "pelota vasca" in Spanish and "pelote basque" in French. Basque arm wrestling follows broadly the same rules as anywhere else. A form of bull-leaping called "errekorteak" in Basque and "recortes" in Spanish, is practiced in parts of the Basque Country, especially Navarre. The name of this sport literally translates as "snout rope" ("soka" "rope" and "mutur" "snout"). It is "vaquillas" ("calves") in Spanish. It derives from a tradition where cattle destined for slaughter were led through the town

title: Basque language

text: Indo-European neighbors in Europe has inspired many scholars to search for its possible relatives elsewhere. Besides many pseudoscientific comparisons, the appearance of long-range linguistics gave rise to several attempts to connect Basque with geographically very distant language families. Almost all hypotheses concerning the origin of Basque are controversial, and the suggested evidence is not generally accepted by most linguists. Some of these hypothetical connections are: The region where Basque is spoken has become smaller over centuries, especially at the northern, southern, and eastern borders. Nothing is known about the limits of this region in ancient times, but on the basis

title: Basque Country autonomous basketball team

text: this last game, where Argentina played with the team of the FIBA Americas Championship won Basque Country by a huge 92–28. In 2012 the team, coached again by Laso, played two games against Senegal. Basque Country won the first game by 86–74 and lost the second one by 66–82. This is the roster of the Basque Country team for the 2016 games against Venezuela. Basque Country autonomous basketball team The Basque Country autonomous basketball team is the basketball team of the Basque Country. The team is not affiliated to FIBA, so only plays friendly games. Basque Country played the Torneo

title: Standard Basque

text: Standard Basque has safeguarded the future of a language which is competing with French and Spanish. Research by the Euskaltzaindia shows that Basque is growing most in the areas where "euskara batua" has been introduced and taught in preference of local dialects. Indeed, this has permitted a revival in the speaking of Basque, since many of the current elder generations cannot speak the language in part as a result of the suppression of public use during most of Francisco Franco's dictatorship. Another point of contention was the spelling of ⟨h⟩. Northeastern dialects pronounce it as an aspiration while the rest

title: Basque literature

text: that of language and the creation of texts in Basque. The bulk of Basque writers died or escaped to exile, where they undertook some attempts to revitalize literature by writing books or launching magazines of limited circulation. However, some works were not even published during that period. In the Southern Basque Country, during the 1950s new generations undertook efforts to write a new type of literature along European lines, innovating both in content and form, despite being heavily conditioned by Francoist censorship. The most typical traits of Basque literature during history have gradually shifted up to the present time. A

title: Basque Republic

text: on 18 January 1941 before the British Minister of State. He redacted a "foreproject for a Constitution of the Basque Republic". It would be an independent state as a democratic republic. Its territory would cover that of the Kingdom of Navarre under Sancho the Greater, excluding the French Basque country to gain the support of Charles de Gaulle. Its limits would be: This would include areas of Burgos, Cantabria, Rioja and Aragon whose Basqueness was at most historic and where Basque nationalism was inexistent. The Basque state would be relatively interventionist, protectionist and paternalist, following the social doctrine of the

title: Basque dialects

text: outlines three main linguistic areas running north to south, where features related to Western and Navarrese dialects mix up to different degrees according to their geographical position. He focuses mainly on relevant lexico-morphological differences, such as instrumental declension marks -gaz/rekin, ablative -rean/tik, barria/berria (= 'new'), elexea/elizea (= 'church'), padura/madura (= 'swamp'), to mention but a few. Key distinguishing features in Basque dialect phonology include: Modern Basque dialects show a high degree of dialectal divergence. However, cross-dialectal communication without prior knowledge of either Standard Basque or the other dialect is normally possible to a reasonable extent, with the notable of exception

title: Basque Americans

text: following is a list of notable Basque-Americans of either full or partial Basque descent: The Wyoming Basque community, including a depiction of a religious festival, is the focus of the third episode of season two of "Longmire", "Death Came Like Thunder." Basque Americans Basque Americans (, , ) are Americans of Basque descent. According to the 2000 US census, there are 57,793 Americans of full or partial Basque descent, but the real number of Basque Americans could easily reach 100,000 people. Of them, 41,811 people claimed be simply Basque American, 9,296 claimed be originating from Spanish Basque Country, and the

title: Standard Basque

text: Basque regions. Standard Basque was then created using Gipuzkoan as a basis, also bringing scattered elements from the other dialects. They are typically used in the region after which they are named, but have many linguistic similarities. Standard Basque Standard Basque ( or simply "batua") is a standardised version of the Basque language, developed by the Basque Language Academy in the late 1960s, which nowadays is the most widely and commonly spoken Basque-language version throughout the Basque Country. Heavily based on the central Basque dialect, this is the version of the language commonly used in education at all levels—from elementary

title: Basque Country (autonomous community)

text: "Zalacaín", a Basque restaurant, although located in Madrid. Today, the Basque Country, alongside Catalonia, is the Spanish region with a higher density of stars in the Michelin Guide, and it has become a preferred destination of many gastronomic tourists, both domestic and international. Four restaurants boast 3 stars, the highest possible award: Juan María Arzak ("Arzak" restaurant), Martín Berasategui ("Berasategui" restaurant), Pedro Subijana (chef of "Akelarre") and Eneko Atxa ("Azurmendi" restaurant). In the new generation of chefs, Andoni Luis Aduriz, "Mugaritz" restaurant, is outstanding. The coastal city of San Sebastián is home to the Basque Culinary Center, an academic research

title: Standard Basque

text: Standard Basque Standard Basque ( or simply "batua") is a standardised version of the Basque language, developed by the Basque Language Academy in the late 1960s, which nowadays is the most widely and commonly spoken Basque-language version throughout the Basque Country. Heavily based on the central Basque dialect, this is the version of the language commonly used in education at all levels—from elementary school to the university—, on television and radio, and in the vast majority of all written production in Basque. It is also used in common parlance by new speakers that have not learnt any local dialect, especially

title: Basque Colombians

text: Basque Colombians A Basque Colombian (, ) is a person or resident born in Colombia of Basque descent. The term "Basque" may refer to ethnic Basques who immigrated to Colombia from the Basque Country. The majority of Basque Colombians live in Antioquia Department, Eje Cafetero, Bogotá, and Santander Department, with other important Basque communities in Valle del Cauca Department and Norte de Santander Department. Basque Colombians are one of the largest Basque diaspora groups in the world, and have heavy cultural and linguistic influence in the country, especially in the Paisa Region. Colombia was one of early focus of Basque

title: Basque cuisine

text: Basque cuisine Basque cuisine refers to the cuisine of the Basque Country and includes meats and fish grilled over hot coals, marmitako and lamb stews, cod, Tolosa bean dishes, paprikas from Lekeitio, pintxos (Basque tapas), Idiazabal sheep's cheese, txakoli sparkling wine, and Basque cider. A basquaise is a type of dish prepared in the style of Basque cuisine that often includes tomatoes and sweet or hot red peppers. Basque cuisine is influenced by the abundance of produce from the sea on one side and the fertile Ebro valley on the other. The great mountainous nature of the Basque Country has

title: Basque surnames

text: can be easily identified with modern or medieval Basque surnames, for example "ENNECONIS" (the personal name "Eneko" plus the Latin genitive ending -IS, stem augmented by -N) > Enekoitz. Also "SEMBECONNIS", possibly a derivative of the later surname Jimenez ("Scemeno" attested in the 8–9th century). "V(alerius) BELTESONIS" (probable coinage from "beltz" 'black', less likely linked to "bele/bela" 'crow') engraved on the stella of Andriarriaga located in Oiartzun bears witness to a mixture of Roman and Vasconic tradition in the local aristocracy during the Antiquity. "García", one of the most frequent Spanish surnames, was originally a Basque first name stemming from

title: Basque Center for Applied Mathematics

text: for Applied Mathematics. At the same time, the first international call for submissions for posts of director, managers and scientists was made. The center is located in the province of Biscay, given the extensive industrial fabric that the region has had traditionally as well as its current development of R+D+i activities. BCAM was officially created as a non-profit Association on September 1, 2008, and backed by the following three institutions: Ikerbasque, the University of the Basque Country (UPV-EHU), Innobasque, the Basque Foundation for Innovation and The Biscay Government. Other topics: Basque Center for Applied Mathematics The Basque Center of Applied

title: Basque Wikipedia

text: the magazine "Argia" in the category of Internet. On May 21, 2011, Basque Wikipedia published its 100,000 article, an article about the prohibition of using Basque language throughout history called "". In December 2011, around 11,000 new articles were added to Basque Wikipedia by the Culture Ministry of the Basque Government. As of February 2012, the Basque Wikipedia has the second greatest number of articles per speaker among Wikipedias with over 100,000 articles, and ranks sixth overall. These figures were based on "Ethnologue"s estimate of 665,800 Basque speakers. Basque Wikipedia The Basque Wikipedia ( or "Euskal Wikipedia" in Basque) is

title: Basque pig

text: dedicated to traditional Basque foods. Basque pigs grow more slowly and develop more fat than modern breeds like the Large White, making them less well-suited to intensive commercial meat production, but ideal for the creation of cured pork products such as Bayonne ham. Basque sows have smallish litters of about nine young, but have a strong maternal instinct and are good mothers. Basque pig The Basque pig (, ) is a breed of pig native to the Basque Country. As suggested by its name in French, the breed is piebald, black and pink. What is today called the Basque pig

title: Basque language

text: nomadic groups of Castile are also said to use or have used Basque words in their jargon, such as the gacería in Segovia, the mingaña, the Galician fala dos arxinas and the Asturian Xíriga. Part of the Romani community in the Basque Country speaks Erromintxela, which is a rare mixed language, with a Kalderash Romani vocabulary and Basque grammar. A number of Basque-based or Basque-influenced pidgins have existed. In the 16th century, Basque sailors used a Basque–Icelandic pidgin in their contacts with Iceland. The Algonquian–Basque pidgin arose from contact between Basque whalers and the Algonquian peoples in the Gulf of

title: Basque Colombians

text: immigration; it is estimated that around 40% of the Paisa region's population have full or partial Basque origin (around 4,500,000), which makes this region one of the places with the highest concentration of Basque descendants in the world, surpassing even the Basque Country itself. In addition, between 1640 and 1859 18.9% of residents in Colombia were of Basque origin, which has enabled demographers to determine that today nearly a third of White Colombians may be of partial Basque ancestry. The presence of Basque ancestry in the Paisa Region is exhibited by the proliferation of Basque surnames. Some scholars point out

title: Basque center

text: Basque center Basque centers (in Basque: "euskal etxeak" or "eusko etxeak") are associative organizations that appeared in the end of the 19th century in cities that have really an important presence of Basque emigration, with the purpose of helping each other and keeping links with Basque culture and homeland. They are also meeting points for the Basque people who live all around the world far away from their land. Their objective is to recover documents concerning the history of Basque exile and migration by means of research, digitalization, photographs and oral testimonies. There are more than 150 Basque Centers built

title: Michel le Basque

text: sources say he returned to the Caribbean where he captured a Spanish ship off Portobello in 1668, and was killed later that year leading a raiding party upriver. The story of the attacks on Maracaibo and Gibraltar, although softened and treated with artistic license, is used by Emilio Salgari in his novel The Black Corsair. Purported female buccaneer Jacquotte Delahaye (actually an invention of a 1940s French novelist) was said to have rejected a marriage proposal from le Basque. le Basque's story was dramatized as the serial novelette "The Pearl-Fisher" by Emmanuel Gonzales. Michel le Basque Michel le Basque (fl.

title: Basque language

text: languages in Europe, and is the only one in Western Europe. The origin of the Basques and of their languages is not conclusively known, though the most accepted current theory is that early forms of Basque developed before the arrival of Indo-European languages in the area, including the Romance languages that geographically surround the Basque-speaking region. Basque has adopted a good deal of its vocabulary from the Romance languages, and Basque speakers have in turn lent their own words to Romance speakers. The Basque alphabet uses the Latin script. In Basque, the name of the language is officially "Euskara" (alongside

title: Basque Football Federation

text: Basque Football Federation The Basque Football Federation (; ) is the federation responsible for managing association football in the Basque Country autonomous region. It manages several leagues such as the Third Division (Group 4), the Basque Youth League and the Basque Women's Football League. It also runs the Basque regional stage of the Federation Cup and organises and selects the Basque Country national football team which draws its players not only from the Basque Country autonomous region, but also from the neighbouring Basque regions of Navarre and the French Basque Country. The Basque Football Federation is part of the Royal

title: Standard Basque

text: the language had a greater chance of survival. The 1968 Arantzazu Congress took place in the sanctuary of Arantzazu, a shrine perched in the highlands of Gipuzkoa and a dynamic Basque cultural focus, where the basic guidelines were laid down for achieving that objective in a systematic way (lexicon, morphology, declension and spelling). A further step was taken in 1973 with a proposal to establish a standard conjugation. The debate arising from this new set of standard language rules (1968–1976) did not prevent Standard Basque from becoming increasingly accepted as the Basque standard language in teaching, the media, and administration

title: Basque pelota

text: the federations, there are professional competitions such as the League of Companies of Basque Pilota. The International Jai-Alai Players Association is a union defending the players of Jai Alai. The International Federation of Basque Pelota has organized the Basque Pelota World Championships since 1952. The current medal table from 1952 to 2014 is as follows: Other modalities Basque pelota Basque pelota ("" in the original Basque language also "" in Spanish, "" in French) is the name for a variety of court sports played with a ball using one's hand, a racket, a wooden bat or a basket, against a

title: Basque language

text: "h" to break the palatalisation of the "n". "H" is mute in most regions, but it is pronounced in many places in the northeast, the main reason for its existence in the Basque alphabet. Its acceptance was a matter of contention during the standardisation process because the speakers of the most extended dialects had to learn where to place these h's, silent for them. In Sabino Arana's (1865–1903) alphabet, digraphs and were replaced with "ĺ" and "ŕ", respectively. A typically Basque style of lettering is sometimes used for inscriptions. It derives from the work of stone and wood carvers and

title: Basque Mountains

text: Basque Mountains The Basque Mountains (; , "Basque arc") are a mountain range situated in the northern Iberian Peninsula. Geographically it is considered as the eastern section of the larger Cantabrian Range. The range runs through the Basque Autonomous Community and western Navarre. The Basque Mountains are a transitional range between two major ones, the Cantabrian range to the west and the Pyrenees to the east. Geologists call the area ""The Basque threshold"" and some consider that the Cantabrian Mountains and the Pyrenees are a single greater range and the Basque Mountains are just part of both There are two

title: Basque Americans

text: Those who wish may strengthen their ties via cultural elements such as dances and customs, while in some there is also the desire to travel to Europe and study Basque, Spanish, or French. In recent years there has been the resurgence of Basque language classes, facilitated by new courses via the Internet. With succeeding generations the mode of being Basque has adapted to a new environment, and the concept of Basque-ness has altered. The states with the largest Basque communities are: The urban areas with the largest Basque communities The top 25 U.S. communities with population claiming Basque ancestry The

title: Basque surnames

text: or possibly 'little wolf's wife'), so similar in meaning to Spanish "Lopez" (regional variants "Lopes", "Lupiz", etc.). "Velasco" was a name, later to become a surname, derived from Basque "belasko", 'small raven'. "Aznar" is a medieval Basque, Gascon and Spanish surname arguably based on old Basque "azenari", 'fox' (modern Basque "azeri", cf. old Basque "Zenarrutza" vs. modern Basque "Ziortza"). The non-patronymic, descriptive Basque naming tradition came to a halt when in the 16th century Catholic Church tightened regulations to Christianize practices that didn't stick to the Church's orthodoxy (cf. given name "Ochanda", 'female wolf', in Vitoria-Gasteiz still in the 16th

title: Basque Y

text: its institutional recentralization and its "always and only obstructive" position "against Basque initiatives", PNV's Basque Government has voiced its concern and mistrust over the Madrid government's actual commitment in the face of overdue funding by December 2014. EH Bildu, the leading political force in Gipuzkoa, confirmed in early 2015 its frontal refusal to the project, pointing to the Basque Y's alleged shaky foundations (financially no return or loss, feeble public service). Basque nationalist left's spokespersons labelled the project a "deception-based propaganda operation". Basque Y Basque Y is the high-speed rail network being built between the three cities of the Basque

title: Basque grammar

text: Basque grammar This article provides a grammar sketch of the Basque language, the language of the Basque people of the Basque Country or Euskal Herria, which borders the Bay of Biscay in Western Europe. The Basque noun phrase is structured quite differently from those in most Indo-European languages. Determiners and quantifiers play a central role in Basque noun phrase structure. Articles are best treated as a subset of the determiners. Personal pronouns differentiate three persons and two numbers. "Zu" must once have been the second-person plural pronoun but is now only the polite singular, having partially displaced the original second-person

title: Basque Government

text: "lehendakari" of the new Government. During the current legislative term, the Basque Government is chaired by Iñigo Urkullu, member of the National Basque Party, thanks to a government agreement with the Basque Socialist Party-Basque Left Party(PSE-EE). Urkullu got the back up of 37 parliamentarians (28 from the PNV and 9 from the PSE-EE) in his inauguration speech that took place in November 2016. The composition of the Basque Government is established by the President of the Basque Country, also referred in Euskera as Lehendakari, who selects the counselors that will lead each of the Government departments. During the current legislative

title: Basque alphabet

text: in Basque is "a" and the least common is "v" (although "w", "y", and "q" did not appear at all in the sampled text). Basque alphabet The Basque alphabet is a Latin alphabet used to write the Basque language. It consists of 27 letters. The letters of the Basque alphabet are the 26 letters of the ISO basic Latin alphabet plus the "ñ" (and the "ç", as a variant of the "c"). This is the whole list, plus the IPA phonology: All letters and digraphs represent unique phonemes. The main exception is if "l", "n" or sometimes "t" is preceded

title: Basque civil law

text: of the present Law, leaving partisanship aside. The main milestones are: 1. The term “Basque Civil Act” or “Basque Civil Law”, as a noun revealing the truly Basque roots and the fact that is applicable on all the Basque Autonomic Community. 2. The Basque Civil sources of law are preserved (#1-4) and the Basque Civil Law Principles are enunciated (#5-7). 3. The Basque Civil Law demarcation: The Basque civil-residence and its overall application to all the Basque Autonomic Community (#8-11), notwithstanding the local specially mentioned specialities. The provisions applicable to the Basque civil-residents, in all the Basque Autonomic Community territory

title: French Basque Country

text: French Basque Country The French Basque Country, or Northern Basque Country ( (i.e. 'the Northern Region'), , ) is a region lying on the west of the French department of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques. Since 1 January 2017, it constitutes the Basque Municipal Community (Basque: "Euskal Hirigune Elkargoa"; French: "Communauté d'Agglomeration du Pays Basque") presided over by Jean-René Etchegaray. It includes three former historic French provinces in the north-east of the traditional Basque Country totalling 2,869 km²: Lower Navarre (French: "Basse-Navarre"; Basque: "Nafarroa Beherea"), until 1789 nominally Kingdom of Navarre, with 1,284 km²; Labourd (Basque: "Lapurdi"), with 800 km²; Soule (Basque: Zuberoa),

title: Basque dance

text: fights in the Middle Ages, when the Castilian troops from Gipuzkoa won an important victory over the troops from Navarre at the Battle of Beotibar. Sticks simulate some weapons, and halberds—a combination of a spear and a battle-axe—are also used. Basque dance Basque dance is the folk dance by Basque people of Basque Country From one part of the Basque country to another the music, steps and costumes change, but the collective reveals the Basques' deep love of dance. There are approximately 400 distinct Basque folk dances, each with its own story and significance. Some, the more ancient ritual dances,

title: Basque dance

text: Basque dance Basque dance is the folk dance by Basque people of Basque Country From one part of the Basque country to another the music, steps and costumes change, but the collective reveals the Basques' deep love of dance. There are approximately 400 distinct Basque folk dances, each with its own story and significance. Some, the more ancient ritual dances, are performed only for particular events or circumstances and initially were performed by male dancers only. Many include the use of sticks and swords that the dancers strike together as they progress through the movements of the dance. The more

title: Basque Mountains

text: and other like the Cantabrian Holm Oaks and the Pinus radiata, the last one artificially introduced for plantation. Basque Mountains The Basque Mountains (; , "Basque arc") are a mountain range situated in the northern Iberian Peninsula. Geographically it is considered as the eastern section of the larger Cantabrian Range. The range runs through the Basque Autonomous Community and western Navarre. The Basque Mountains are a transitional range between two major ones, the Cantabrian range to the west and the Pyrenees to the east. Geologists call the area ""The Basque threshold"" and some consider that the Cantabrian Mountains and the

title: Basque diaspora

text: "arepa" might have been influenced by the Basque "talo". A notable percentage of Peruvian people have at least one Basque surname, with more than 5 million or 18% of the national population. They trace back their presence to colonial times. It is estimated that up to 10% of Uruguay's population has at least one parent with a Basque surname. The first wave of Basque immigrants to Uruguay came from the French side of the Basque country beginning about 1824. The first wave of Basque immigration to Venezuela consisted in Conquerors and Missionaries, during the Colonization of Venezuela. The second wave

title: Basque language

text: as well as many other verbs, have a suffix "-tu" in the perfect, adapted from the Latin perfect passive "-tus" suffix. The synthetic verbs also have periphrastic forms, for use in perfects and in simple tenses in which they are deponent. Within a verb phrase, the periphrastic verb comes first, followed by the auxiliary. A Basque noun-phrase is inflected in 17 different ways for case, multiplied by 4 ways for its definiteness and number (indefinite, definite singular, definite plural, and definite close plural: "euskaldun" [Basque speaker], "euskalduna" [the Basque speaker, a Basque speaker], "euskaldunak" [Basque speakers, the Basque speakers], and

title: Basque Mexicans

text: Basque Mexicans Basque Mexicans (Spanish: "vasco-mexicanos" or simply "vasco", Euskara: "euskal-mexikar") are Mexicans of full, partial, or predominantly Basque ancestry, or Basque-born persons living in Mexico. Seen in Mexico by the whole Euskalerria concept, Basque descendants can be from Navarre, Euskadi or Iparralde. It is one of the most important and numerous groups of European people in Mexico and one of the biggest Basque diasporas in the world. Basques can be found in every corner of Mexico, including names of cities and regions such as: Arriaga in Chiapas, Durango a State, Aramberri in Nuevo León, Reynosa and Laredo in Tamaulipas,

title: Basque Wikipedia

text: Basque Wikipedia The Basque Wikipedia ( or "Euskal Wikipedia" in Basque) is the Basque language edition of Wikipedia. Founded on December 6, 2001 (although its main page was created in November 2003) and reaching 58,124 articles by August 19, 2010, making it the 45th-largest Wikipedia. As of 2019, it has active contributors, of which are administrators, and has about articles. In an August 2007 interview, Jimmy Wales, co-founder of Wikipedia, used the Basque Wikipedia as an example of the rationale for having Wikipedias in smaller languages: On January 25, 2008, the Basque Wikipedia was awarded the Argia Saria granted by