Basque Country

English

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈbæsk.kən.t͡ʃɹi/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Proper noun

Basque Country

2. A cultural region that straddles the border of Spain and France, where the Basque language is traditionally spoken.
4. An autonomous community in northern Spain.
   • 2026 October 2, Guy Hedgecoe, “Spanish PM Sánchez loses key housing crisis vote after eviction of woman, 87”, in BBC News‎^[1], retrieved 2 October 2026:

     The conservative People's Party (PP) and far-right Vox had already said they would vote against both initiatives, leaving the minority government depending on the support of smaller nationalist parties in Catalonia and the Basque Country.

Synonyms

• País Vasco

Translations

geographical region in Spain and France where the Basque language is traditionally spoken

• Abkhaz: Басктәыла (Baskʼtʷʼəla)
• Asturian: País Vascu (ast) m
• Basque: Euskal Herria (eu)
• Catalan: País Basc (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 巴斯克地區 / 巴斯克地区 (zh) (Bāsīkè dìqū)

• Czech: Baskicko (cs) n
• Danish: Baskerlandet
• Dutch: Baskenland (nl)
• Esperanto: Eŭsklando, Eŭskio, Eŭskujo
• Estonian: Baskimaa (et)
• Finnish: Baskimaa (fi), baskialue
• French: Pays basque (fr) m
• Frisian:

  West Frisian: Baskenlân (fy)

• Galician: País Vasco (gl) m
• Georgian: ბასკეთი (basḳeti)
• German: Baskenland (de) n
• Greek: Χώρα των Βάσκων (el) f (Chóra ton Váskon)
• Irish: an Tír Bhascach f, Tír na mBascach f
• Italian: Paese basco
• Japanese: バスク地方 (basuku chihō)
• Marathi: बास्क देश (bāska deś)
• Norman: Pays Bastchais m
• Occitan: País Basc (oc) m
• Polish: Baskonia (pl) f, Kraj Basków (pl) m
• Portuguese: País Basco (pt) m
• Romanian: Țara Bascilor f
• Russian: Страна́ ба́сков f (Straná báskov)
• Scottish Gaelic: Dùthaich nam Basgach f
• Spanish: País Vasco (es), Vasconia
• Swedish: Baskien (sv)
• Turkish: Bask Ülkesi
• Welsh: Gwlad y Basg

autonomous community within Spain

• Asturian: País Vascu (ast) m
• Basque: Euskadi
• Catalan: País Basc (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 巴斯克自治區 / 巴斯克自治区 (Bāsīkè zìzhìqū)

• Czech: Baskicko (cs) n
• Danish: Baskerlandet
• Dutch: Baskenland (nl)
• Esperanto: Eŭskio
• Finnish: Baskimaa (fi)
• French: Pays basque (fr) m
• Frisian:

  West Frisian: Baskenlân (fy)

• Galician: País Vasco (gl) m, Euskadi (gl)
• Georgian: ბასკეთი (basḳeti)
• German: Baskenland (de) n
• Hungarian: Baszkföld (hu)
• Irish: an Tír Bhascach f
• Italian: Paesi Baschi (it)
• Norman: Pays Bastchais m
• Polish: Baskonia (pl) f, Kraj Basków (pl) m
• Portuguese: País Basco (pt) m
• Romanian: Țara Bascilor f
• Russian: Страна́ Ба́сков (ru) f (Straná Báskov), Баско́ния (ru) f (Baskónija)
• Scottish Gaelic: Dùthaich nam Basgach f
• Spanish: País Vasco (es) m
• Swedish: Baskien (sv)
• Turkish: Bask Bölgesi

Further reading

• Basque Country on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Basque Country (autonomous community) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia