Basque
Western Pyrenees people
Basque refers to a people inhabiting the western Pyrenees in northern Spain and southwestern France, or their language, which is unrelated to any other known language family.
The Basque language predates Indo-European settlement of Europe.
As an adjective, it describes the culture, cuisine, or traditions of this region: Basque cuisine features pintxos and fresh seafood. (Lowercase basque is a fitted bodice.)
Basque court game
- jai alaiBasque basket-ball wall sport
- ciderPressed apple beverage
- folkloreInherited cultural narratives
- GuggenheimArts institution, famous architect
- BilbaoBasque Country's main city
- PamplonaNavarre's capital city
- BayonneCity in New Jersey
- NavarreFormer Iberian kingdom
Biscay · Pyrenees · Atlantic · Iberian Peninsula · Southern France · coastal · mountainous
Shared cultural heritage group
- identityWho someone is
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- ancestryFamily line of descent
- diasporaScattered population sharing origins
indigenous · nation · descendants · lineage · kinship · genealogy · population · natives
Separate from others
- agglutinativeMorphemes chained, roots intact
- dialectsRegional language variations
- grammarLanguage's structural rules
- syntaxRules for arranging words
vocabulary · phonology · alphabet · orthography · linguistic · verb · conjugation · morphology
Ruling oneself independently
- devolutionTransferring power locally
- statuteEnacted written rule
- autonomousSelf-directed and free
- decentralizationDistributing power from center
home rule · self-rule · sovereignty · fiscal · parliament · legislature · competences · jurisdiction
Cultivated variety of animal
- porcineOf or like swine
- swineDomestic porcine animals
- heritage breedTraditional livestock variety preserved
- blackDarkest possible hue
pied · endangered · charcuterie · free-range
pelota
Basque court game
Euskal Herria
Navarre · Biscay · Pyrenees · Atlantic · Iberian Peninsula · Southern France · coastal · mountainous
ethnicity
Shared cultural heritage group
diaspora · indigenous · nation · descendants · lineage · kinship · genealogy · population · natives · community
isolate
Separate from others
- agglutinativeMorphemes chained, roots intact
- dialectsRegional language variations
- grammarLanguage's structural rules
syntax · vocabulary · phonology · alphabet · orthography · linguistic · verb · conjugation · morphology · ancient
self-government
Ruling oneself independently
- devolutionTransferring power locally
- statuteEnacted written rule
- autonomousSelf-directed and free
decentralization · home rule · self-rule · sovereignty · fiscal · parliament · legislature · competences · jurisdiction · governance
breed
Cultivated variety of animal
- porcineOf or like swine
- swineDomestic porcine animals
- heritage breedTraditional livestock variety preserved
black · pied · endangered · charcuterie · free-range
- Language IsolatesAinu, Sumerian, Etruscan, Zuni, Haida
- Pyrenean LanguagesCatalan
- cuisinesItalian cuisine, French cuisine, Chinese cuisine, Japanese cuisine, Mexican cuisine
- languagesEnglish, Arabic, Chinese, German, French
- European cultureFrench cuisine, Italian art, opera, ballet, Renaissance
- SpainMadrid, Barcelona, Sevilla, Valencia, Granada
- Basque CountryIberian autonomous region