BASQUE

(RACE) [noun], [adjective] - (connected with) a member of a race living in the area around the W Pyrenees in Spain and France, or the language of this raceThere are about 805 000 Basques in Spain and 130 000 in France. [C]Approximately half a million people speak Basque, which is unrelated to any other language. [U]The city of Bilbao is a centre of Basque nationalism.