Bizkaia

Basque

Etymology

Often considered a derivative of bizkar (“low ridge”). Compare Spanish Vizcaya.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (most dialects) /bis̻kai̯a/ [bis̻.kai̯.a]
  • IPA(key): (Biscayan) /bis̺kai̯a/ [bis̺.kai̯.a]

  • Rhymes: -ai̯a, -a
  • Hyphenation: Biz‧kai‧a

Proper noun

Bizkaia inan

  1. Biscay (a province of the Basque Country, Spain; capital: Bilbao)

Declension

Declension of Bizkaia (inanimate with article, ending in vowel)
indefinite singular
absolutive Bizkai Bizkaia
ergative — Bizkaiak
dative — Bizkaiari
genitive — Bizkaiaren
comitative — Bizkaiarekin
causative — Bizkaiarengatik
benefactive — Bizkaiarentzat
instrumental — Bizkaiaz
inessive — Bizkaian
locative — Bizkaiko
allative — Bizkaira
terminative — Bizkairaino
directive — Bizkairantz
destinative — Bizkairako
ablative — Bizkaitik
partitive Bizkairik —
prolative Bizkaitzat —

Derived terms

  • Bizkai-dantza
  • Bizkai-gaztaina
  • bizkaiera (“Biscayan dialect”)
  • bizkaitar (“Biscayan”)

Descendants

  • →? English: Biscay
  • →? Spanish: Vizcaya

Further reading

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