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Where does “Biscay” come from?

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

Ancestry of “Biscay”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Basquebizkar—
2Proto-Basque*bizkaR—

Words derived from “Biscay”

  • Biscayan
Every word from Proto-Basque *bizkaR →