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Basque



Pronunciation: (bask), [key]
—n.
1. one of a people of unknown origin inhabiting the western Pyrenees regions in France and Spain.
2. their language, not known to be related to any other language.
3. (l.c.) a close-fitting bodice, sometimes having an extension that covers the hips.
4. (l.c.) the extension of this bodice or of a doublet.

—adj.
of or pertaining to the Basques or their language.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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