Biscay (/ˈbɪskeɪ, ˈbɪski/ BISK-ay, BISK-ee; Basque: Bizkaia [bis̻kai.a]; Spanish: Vizcaya [biθˈkaʝa]) is a province of Spain and a historical territory...
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The Bay of Biscay (/ˈbɪskeɪ, -ki/ BIS-kay, kee) is a gulf of the northeast Atlantic Ocean located south of the Celtic Sea. It lies along the western coast...
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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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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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community in northern Spain. It includes the Basque provinces of Álava, Biscay, and Gipuzkoa. It also surrounds an enclave called Treviño, which belongs...
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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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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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The Battle of the Bay of Biscay, or Operation Bernau, was a naval action that took place on 28 December 1943 during World War II as part of the Atlantic...
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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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Matías Biscay (born 5 March 1974) is a former Argentinian footballer who is currently assistant manager of River Plate. Biscay began his career at River...
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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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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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Labets-Biscay (Basque: Labetze-Bizkai) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France. It is located in the former province...
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Gernikako Arbola (section Other fuero trees in Biscay)
people, and by extension for the Basque people as a whole. The Lords of Biscay (including kings of Castile and Carlist pretenders to the throne) swore...
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Biscay is a province in the autonomous community of the Basque Country, Spain. It is divided into 111 municipalities. Geography of Spain List of cities...
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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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The Biscay Regional Championship (Campeonato Regional de Vizcaya), also called the North Regional Championship (Campeonato Regional Norte) in its early...
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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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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 was an Australian Thoroughbred racehorse. As a two-year-old 1965 he won the Maribyrnong Plate by eight lengths. A son of Star Kingdom from Magic...
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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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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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region of Cantabria and Asturias from the Picos de Europa to the Bay of Biscay of the Atlantic Ocean at Ribadesella. List of rivers of Spain Martínez-Villa...
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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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mushroom, and red pepper. 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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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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General Assemblies (Juntas Generales) (redirect from General Assembly of Biscay)
Assemblies of Biscay (in Biscay): composed of fifty-one members. The head of the legislature is the speaker of the General Assemblies of Biscay. The assembly...
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List of submarine topographical features (redirect from Biscay Abyssal Plain)
Southern Ocean 64°0′S 90°0′W / 64.000°S 90.000°W / -64.000; -90.000 Biscay Plain (Biscay Abyssal Plain) North Atlantic Ocean 45°0′N 7°15′W / 45.000°N 7...
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Osakidetza (section Biscay)
Organization Hospital of Galdakao-Usansolo (Biscay) Hospital of Gorliz (Biscay) Mental Health Network of Biscay (Bermeo) (Biscay) Spanish National Health System Osakidetza...
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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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