Biscay (/ˈbɪskeɪ, ˈbɪski/ BISK-ay, BISK-ee; Basque: Bizkaia [bis̻kai.a]; Spanish: Vizcaya [biθˈkaʝa]) or Bizkaia, is a province of the Basque Autonomous...
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The Bay of Biscay (/ˈbɪskeɪ, -ki/ BISS-kay, -kee) is a gulf of the northeast Atlantic Ocean located south of the Celtic Sea. It lies along the western...
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called Biscay was established in 1888, and remained in operation until 1954. The city was named after the Bay of Biscay on the Atlantic Ocean. Biscay is in...
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Look up Biscay in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Biscay is a province of Spain and a historical territory of the Basque Country. Biscay may also refer...
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Bilbao (redirect from Bilbao, Biscay)
Bilbao is a city in northern Spain, the largest city in the province of Biscay and in the Basque Country as a whole. It is also the largest city proper...
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largest in population, with 353,187 people, located in the province of Biscay within a conurbation of 875,552 people. The term Basque Country may also...
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The Lordship of Biscay (Spanish: Señorío de Vizcaya, Basque: Bizkaiko jaurerria) was a region under feudal rule in the region of Biscay in the Iberian...
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Juana Manuel (redirect from Juana, Sovereign of Biscay)
the heiress of Escalona, Villena, Peñafiel and Lara, as well as Lady of Biscay. Juana was the daughter of Juan Manuel, Prince of Villena (1282–1348) and...
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Gernikako Arbola (section Other fuero trees in Biscay)
Basque people as a whole. It is located in Guernica, Biscay, Basque Country, Spain. The Lords of Biscay (including kings of Castile and Carlist pretenders...
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The Biscay Regional Championship (Campeonato Regional de Vizcaya), also called the North Regional Championship (Campeonato Regional Norte) in its early...
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The Biscay Campaign (Spanish: Campaña de Vizcaya) was an offensive of the Spanish Civil War which lasted from 31 March to 1 July 1937. 50,000 men of the...
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On the Bay of Biscay is a World War I-era song published in either 1918 or 1919; sources differ on the year. Lyrics and music were written by Harold Robe...
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Matías Biscay (born 5 March 1974) is a former Argentinian footballer currently first-team coach of River Plate. Biscay began his career at River Plate...
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Biscay is a province in the autonomous community of the Basque Country, Spain, that is divided into 113 municipalities. As of the 2023[update] Spanish...
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The Sella is a river located in northwest Spain. It flows through the province of León and Asturias from the Picos de Europa to the Cantabrian Sea of the...
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soups around the world. It is thought the name is derived from Biscay, as in Bay of Biscay. Bisque is a method of extracting flavor from crustaceans not...
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The Biscay Bar Association (officially Ilustre Colegio de la Abogacía de Bizkaia, in Spanish, and Bizkaiko Abokatuen Elkargo Ohoretsua, in Basque) is a...
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Vizcaya (Spanish, 'Biscay') may refer to: Biscay, a Basque region and a province of Spain Biscay (Congress of Deputies constituency) Biscay (Basque Parliament...
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Amorebieta-Etxano (redirect from Amorebieta-Etxano, Biscay, Basque Country)
Zornotza (Spanish, Amorebieta-Echano), is a town and municipality located in Biscay in the Basque Country, an Autonomous Community in northern Spain. At the...
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straddling the border between France and Spain on the coast of the Bay of Biscay. Comprising the Autonomous Communities of the Basque Country and Navarre...
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Balmaseda (redirect from Balmaseda, Biscay)
located in the province of Biscay, in the Basque Country. Balmaseda is the capital city of the comarca of Enkarterri, in western Biscay and serves an important...
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Garai, Spain (redirect from Garai (Biscay))
Garay) is an elizate, town and municipality located in the province of Biscay, in the Basque Country, Spain. Garai is part of the comarca of Durangaldea...
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This is a partial list of shipwrecks which occurred in the Atlantic Ocean. The list includes ships that sank, foundered, grounded, or were otherwise lost...
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Biscay Bay is a local service district in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. This name appears as early as 1675 in The English Pilot,...
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The Biscay campaign of June 1795 consisted of a series of manoeuvres and two battles fought between the British Channel Fleet and the French Atlantic Fleet...
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Nueva Vizcaya (redirect from New Biscay)
1966. The name Nueva Vizcaya is derived from the name of the province of Biscay (called Vizcaya in Spanish, Bizkaia in Basque) during the Spanish colonial...
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Bay of Biscay is a term used in South Australia for a dark clay soil of a highly reactive nature, forming a sticky mass when wet and shrinking during long...
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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...
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Durango, Spain (redirect from Durango, Biscay)
territory and province of Biscay, located in the Basque Country, Spain. It is the main town of Durangaldea, one of the comarcas of Biscay. Because of its economical...
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of Aragon and some references to this term in the Law of the Lordship of Biscay (1527). The writ of habeas corpus as a procedural remedy is part of Australia's...
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