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BASQUE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The language of the Basque people; of no known relation to any other language
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("Basque" is a kind of...):
natural language; tongue (a human written or spoken language used by a community; opposed to e.g. a computer language)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A member of a people of unknown origin living in the western Pyrenees in France and Spain
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Basque" is a kind of...):
European (a native or inhabitant of Europe)
Holonyms ("Basque" is a member of...):
France; French Republic (a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe)
Espana; Kingdom of Spain; Spain (a parliamentary monarchy in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula; a former colonial power)