Basque Provinces

plural noun

1. a region in N Spain, bordering on the Bay of Biscay.

Basque Provinces

noun

1. an autonomous region of N Spain, comprising the provinces of Álava, Guipúzcoa, and Vizcaya: inhabited mainly by Basques, who retained virtual autonomy from the 9th to the 19th century. Pop: 1 840 700 (2003 est). Area: about 7250 sq km (2800 sq miles)

Example Sentences

In 17th-century New England, Sweden and the Basque provinces of Spain, children were the most important sources for allegations against supposed witches.

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Hard-liners believe a Basque nation should encompass Spain’s three Basque provinces as well as the French Basque Country and the neighboring Spanish region of Navarra.

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Batasuna, founded in 2001 by members of an earlier banned separatist party, wanted independence for seven traditionally Basque provinces in northern Spain and southwest France.

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No sooner did we cross the Puente Internacional that connects France with its neighbors over the Bidassoa River—scene of historic meetings—than we found ourselves in the wooded Basque provinces of the northern Pyrenees.

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Back in the Basque provinces the new idea had dawned on us that this was not a spent, degenerate race, but a young unspoiled one, and every excursion in the country parts of Spain made deeper the assurance of red blood coursing in her veins.

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