basques in English

noun
1
a member of a people living in the Basque Country of France and Spain. Culturally one of the most distinct groups in Europe, the Basques were largely independent until the 19th century.
In recent years, Basques in both Spain and France have promoted - with some success - the use of their traditional language.
2
the language of the Basques, which has no known relation to any other language.
These languages include not only Dutch, German, and Scandinavian, Asian, and African languages, but less widely spoken languages such as Basque , Yiddish, and Greek.
noun
1
a close-fitting bodice extending from the shoulders to the waist and often with a short continuation below waist level.
She was referring to the picture of me dressed in a basque , stockings, suspenders and a thong that had been circulating on everybody's mobile phone.

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2. Corsets, Basques & Waspies

3. The Basques (pronounced BASKS) are …

4. Basques Basques were expert fishermen and sailors from the southeast corner of the Bay of Biscay

5. The language of the Basques, of

6. 19 The Basques' progress towards autonomy was sluggish.

7. 16 The Basques' progress towards autonomy was sluggish.

8. Only the Basques resisted the conquering Aryan speech.

9. 12 Only the Basques resisted the conquering Aryan speech.

10. The language of the Basques, of no known linguistic affiliation

11. The Basques divided into Republicans, laicist Jacobins (but for a nuanced position held by Xaho), and Royalists (traditional Catholics), with the latter prevailing among the Basques

12. The Basques may be the oldest ethnic group in Europe

13. The Basques are a people with a unique history and culture

14. Most Basques live in northern Spain, but some live in southern France

15. They said, like all Basques, you were only fit for chopping wood.

16. The Spanish and French Basques belong to another haplogroup than their neighbors

17. Basques whose first loyalty is to Spain (or to France) might put the same facts in a different way: the Basques form a regional culture, dominant in three Spanish provinces and, to a …

18. By examining certain DNA sequences, we can analyze the genetic origin of the Basques.

19. Most Basques have type O blood, with a high incidence of RH negative

20. Some Basques have moved away from Europe, mostly to South America and the United States.

21. Basques as migrants from the North of Africa, more exactly from the Berber ethnic group

22. We will mainly be in Spain to study the Basques, but to provide a comparative perspective for our study of the Basques we will first spend ten days studying the Catalan situation in Barcelona, …

23. The Basques and the Gascons Annihilated them, and among the fallen was the Frankish commander Roland

24. The Basques are a single people who live in two countries—northwest Spain and southwest France

25. The Basques, romantics to a man, believed that Fate would give Biarritz a helping hand.

26. Basques are a conservative ethnic group who do not identify themselves with Spanish and French people.

27. Basques are present in every state of the United States but are concentrated in California, Idaho, and Nevada

28. Basques are a cultural isolate, and, according to mainly allele frequencies of classical polymorphisms, also a genetic isolate

29. The Basques base their conception of the people on the blood that flows in their veins” 4

30. Although some are descended from Basques who came to the area in the 1800s to work as sheepherders, most

31. Basques are found in the far northwest of Spain and over the border in the far southwest of France

32. The Basques have a unique culture, language and many traditions that differ greatly from their Spanish and French neighbours

33. The land inhabited by the Basques has a mild and damp climate and is largely hilly and wooded

34. Basques have a long-standing history of self-determination, which has resulted in resistance to external political, religious, and social control

35. Basker (baskiska: euskaldunak; spanska: vascos; franska: basques) är ett ursprungsfolk i mellan västra Pyrenéerna och Biscayabukten

36. The Basques have prospered, though their distinctive language and culture were sometimes suppressed, giving rise to a modern violent separatist movement

37. Basques as Neolithic immigrants or even as an Iberian tribe (the latter based in arguable similarities between Iberian and

38. Due to similarities in place names and personal names, the Basques may be related to a people called the Vascones

39. We investigated the differentiation of Spanish Basques from the rest of Iberian populations by means of a dense, genome-wide SNP array.

40. Genetically, Basques, Spaniards, and Frenchmen are very strongly differentiated from each other, so that a genetic differentiation between the groups is possible

41. Another salient genetic feature in Basques is the shape and sutures (bone joints) of their cranial bones [The Reptilian skull ridge].

42. All Bluebella Basques take this classic lingerie look and add a contemporary, directional feel, using the softest and most flattering materials in …

43. Boning isn't just for corsets, you can use it for adding structure and shape to lingerie basques, swimwear and evening wear

44. Bryce Basques, MD, MHS, is currently a fourth-year resident in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at Rush University Medical Center

45. The Basques are kent in the local leids as: Euskaldunak ("Basque speakers", uised loosely tae descrive aw ethnic Basques), euskal herritarrak ("natives o the Basque Kintra") or euskotarrak ("natives of the Basque Kintra", an aften mentioned but rarely uised neologism) in Basque

46. Some popular styles include wearing Corsets and basques over shirts or dresses to highlight and slim the waist, creating a feminine silhouette

47. The Basques have unique customs and a language - Euskera - that is unrelated to any other spoken in Europe, or indeed the world

48. The Basques have managed, somehow, to maintain their identity and their relative geographic isolation, but they lost their political independence a long time ago

49. The Basques have the highest proportion of rhesus-negative blood in Europe, but they also have one of the highest percentages of type-O blood (55%)

50. From totally soft Basques to more corset-like creations with wire and slim panels of boning, our range of basque lingerie is chic and elegant