Guipuzcoan

noun

Gui·​puz·​co·​an

gē‧püthkəwən,

-üsk-

plural -s

: a dialect of the Basque language spoken largely in the province of Guipúzcoa in northern Spain

Word History

Etymology

Spanish guipuzcoano, from guipuzcoano, adjective, of Guipúzcoa, from Guipúzcoa, province in northern Spain + Spanish -ano (from Latin -anus -an)

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