Where does “Biscay” come from?

Biscay is an English toponym derived from Basque Bizkaia, a region in northern Spain whose original meaning is unknown.

Biscay (English): A sea area corresponding to the Bay of Biscay

Definitions

  1. A sea area corresponding to the Bay of Biscay

Ancestry of “Biscay”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Basquebizkarback
2Proto-Basque*bizkaRback

Words derived from “Biscay

Every word from Proto-Basque *bizkaR
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