Basque Region

Cultural  

1. An area in northern Spain, centered at Bilbao, where many speakers of Basque, a language unrelated to European languages, have demanded a separate Basque state. Basque separatists have engaged in terrorism against Basque moderates and Spanish officials.

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Example Sentences

He was born in San Sebastián in the Basque region, and in 1948 moved to Paris, where he modeled plaster figures in a style influenced by Brancusi.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 13, 2025

That day in Strasbourg, Pablo González asked Ms Nemtsova for an interview for a newspaper in the Basque region.

From BBC • Aug. 31, 2024

The nurse worked for 18 months at a government clinic in Santurtzi, near the city of Bilbao in the Basque region of northern Spain, according to attorney Aitzol Asla.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 2, 2023

Francisco Rabaneda y Cuervo was born in Pasajes in northern Spain’s Basque region, on Feb. 18, 1934.

From Washington Post • Feb. 3, 2023

He was speaking at the Basque Fry, a Republican event started by his grandfather, former Senator Paul Laxalt, whose family hailed from the Basque region straddling France and Spain.

From New York Times • Nov. 3, 2022