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Wikipedia: The Basques (Basque: euskaldunak, Spanish: vascos, French: basques) as an ethnic group primarily inhabit an area traditionally known as the Basque Country (Basque: Euskal Herria), a region that is located around the western end of the Pyrenees on the coast of the Bay of Biscay and straddles parts of north-central Spain and south-western France. The Basques are known in the local languages as:
The English word Basque comes from French Basque (pronounced /bask/), which itself comes from Gascon Basco (pronounced /ˈbasku/) and Spanish Vasco (pronounced /ˈbasko/). These, in turn, come from Latin Vasco (pronounced /wasko/), plural Vascones (see History section below).
![[A montage of trimmed versions of the 24 Wikimedia Commons images listed below]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/24_Basque_people_s.jpg "A montage of trimmed versions of the 24 Wikimedia Commons images listed below")
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![[Trainera in the Bilbao estuary.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Remo_ria_de_bilbao_s.jpg "Trainera in the Bilbao estuary.")
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