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    The Basques (Basque: Euskaldunak) are an indigenous ethno-linguistic group mainly inhabiting the Basque Country (adjacent areas of Spain and France). Their...
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  • delimiters. The Basques (/bɑːsks/ BAHSKS or /bæsks/ BASKS; Basque: euskaldunak [eus̺kaldunak]; Spanish: vascos [ˈbaskos]; French: basques [bask]) are...
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    asserts that Basques, an ethnic group indigenous to the western Pyrenees, are a nation and promotes the political unity of the Basques, today scattered...
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    the largest religion in Basque Country. In 2019, the proportion of Basques that identify themselves as Roman Catholic was 60%, while it is one of the...
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    Europe. The Basques are indigenous to and primarily inhabit the Basque Country. The Basque language is spoken by 806,000 Basques in all territories. Of these...
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    movements List of Basques Nationalities in Spain Navarre Northern Basque Country, in France Vasconia Trask, R.L. The History of Basque Routledge: 1997...
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  • The origin of the Basques and the Basque language is a controversial topic that has given rise to numerous hypotheses. Modern Basque, a descendant or close...
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  • finally crystallized in standard Basque (euskara batua) as of 1968.[citation needed] Origin of the Basques "Basque". Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed...
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    There are frequent references to Basque culture throughout the series. Basques in Nevada Basques in Oregon Basques in California "PEOPLE REPORTING ANCESTRY...
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    well-known today, and part of a wider confectionery and pastry tradition across the Basque Country. Basques embraced the potato and the capsicum, used in hams...
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  • lot of support for this within the Basque Country, with recent polls showing up to 63,5% of basques support the idea (including the French Basque Country...
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    Channel-Port aux Basques is a town at the extreme southwestern tip of Newfoundland fronting on the western end of the Cabot Strait. A Marine Atlantic ferry...
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    The settlement of Basques in the Americas was the process of Basque emigration and settlement in the New World. Thus, there is a deep cultural and social...
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    The Battle of Roncevaux Pass (French and English spelling, Roncesvalles in Spanish, Orreaga in Basque) in 778 saw a large force of Basques ambush a part...
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  • The Basques were among the first people to catch whales commercially rather than purely for subsistence and dominated the trade for five centuries, spreading...
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    Awash in the same singing tradition, but shifting towards the refined European trends prevailing in the higher levels of society, certain Basques became...
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    specificity of their province and that of the Basques, putting forward instead the establishment of a Basque department. However, eventually the brothers...
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    during the Spanish Civil War, the Basque language was banned, the rights of Basques were reduced, and the Basque city of Guernica was bombed on behalf of Franco...
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    and costumes change, but the collective reveals the Basques' deep love of dance. There are approximately 400 distinct Basque folk dances, each with its...
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  • department Basques merging Bearn and the Basque districts into one single administrative unit, where Basques remained a minority. The Basques, spearheaded...
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    the Basque regions as elsewhere in Spain, chanting cries of "Assassins" and "Basques yes, ETA no". This response came to be known as the "Spirit of Ermua"...
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  • member for the 2020-2025 mandate. Basque Republic Euskadi History of the Basques (Late Modern Period) Luis María Bandrés A proposal to have the official...
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    current manager of Aston Villa List of municipalities in Gipuzkoa History of the Basques Treaties of Good Correspondence The change in the official Spanish...
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    The mythology of the ancient Basques largely did not survive the arrival of Christianity in the Basque Country between the 4th and 12th century AD. Most...
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    Queen of Navarre. He also wrote a small number of other religious works. Other similar books were to follow that aimed to convert the Basques to Protestantism...
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  • Basques (formerly known as Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup—Témiscouata) was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House...
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    who are Basques, either natives or from the Basque diaspora. The sport has been part of the Pan-American Games since 1995, but was dropped at the 1999,...
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    Basques (formerly known as Rimouski—Témiscouata) is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons...
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    region of Gascony. The Duchy of Gascony, then known as Wasconia, was originally a Frankish march formed to hold sway over the Basques. However, the duchy...
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    music. The Basques living in the territory are primarily represented by the symbol of the flag Ikurriña, as well as the Lauburu cross and the Zazpiak Bat...
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