Bizkaia
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Basque
Etymology
Often considered a derivative of bizkar (“low ridge”). Compare Spanish Vizcaya.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ai̯a
- Hyphenation: Biz‧kai‧a
Proper noun
Bizkaia inan
- 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
Further reading
- “32.- Espainako erresumako probintzia eta elkarte autonomoen izenak [Names of the provinces and autonomous communities of the Kingdom of Spain]”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Arauak, Euskaltzaindia, 2006