Basque people
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Basque people
The Basques are an
indigenous people
who inhabit parts of northeastern
Spain
and southwestern
France
.The name Basque derives from
Medieval French
and ultimately from the ancient tribe of the
Vascones
, described by
Ancient Greek
historian
Strabo
as living south of the western
Pyrenees
and north of the
Ebro River
, in modern day
Navarre
and northern
Aragon
. This tribal name, of unknown etymology, was extended in late
Antiquity
and the early
Middle Ages
to cover all Basque-speaking people on either side of the Pyrenees.
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