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(Encyclopedia)Gipuzkoa: see Basque Country.Vizcaya
(Encyclopedia)Vizcaya: see Basque Country.Bizkaia
(Encyclopedia)Bizkaia: see Basque Country.Araba/Álava
(Encyclopedia)Araba/Álava: see Basque Country. ...Vitoria-Gasteiz
(Encyclopedia)Vitoria-Gasteiz vētōˌrēä-gästēˈēs [key], city (1990 est. pop. 209,506), capital of Araba/Álava prov. and administrative center of the Basque Country, N Spain. It is a manufacturing and admin...Carrero Blanco, Luis
(Encyclopedia)Carrero Blanco, Luis lo͞oēsˈ kär-rāˈrō blängˈkō [key], 1903–73, Spanish statesman and naval officer. Following the Spanish civil war, during which he served in the Nationalist navy, he bec...Soule
(Encyclopedia)Soule so͞ol [key], small region, in Pyrénées-Atlantiques dept., SW France, bordering on Spain. Mauléon-Licharre is the traditional capital. An ancient province of the Basque Country, it was annexe...Bayonne, town, France
(Encyclopedia)Bayonne bäyônˈ [key], town, Pyrénées-Atlantiques dept., SW France, in Gascony, on the Ad...San Sebastián
(Encyclopedia)San Sebastián sän sābästyänˈ [key], Basque Donostia, city (1990 pop. 183,944), capital of Gipuzkoa (Guipúzcoa) prov., N Spain, on the Bay of Biscay at the mouth of the Urumea River, in the Basq...Scottish Gaelic language and literature
(Encyclopedia)Scottish Gaelic language and literature: see Celtic languages; Gaelic literature. ...Browse by Subject
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