Arana, the son of a major Bilbaoan shipbuilder, set out to revitalize a flagging Basque consciousness. One of his major concerns was the restoration of the Basque language, Euskera, which had fallen to the status of a local patois
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Bilbaoan
Synonyms for "bilbaoan"
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Translations
19 translations across 7 languages.
Asturian
2 entries- bilbaín adj (from Bilbao)
- bilbaín noun (someone from Bilbao)
Basque
2 entries- bilbotar adj (from Bilbao)
- bilbotar noun (someone from Bilbao)
Catalan
2 entries- bilbaí adj (from Bilbao)
- bilbaí noun (someone from Bilbao)
French
3 entries- bilbayen adj (from Bilbao)
- Bilbayen noun (someone from Bilbao)
- Bilbayenne noun (someone from Bilbao)
Galician
4 entries- bilbaíno adj (from Bilbao)
- bilbotarra adj (from Bilbao)
- bilbaíno noun (someone from Bilbao)
- bilbotarra noun (someone from Bilbao)
Italian
3 entries- bilbaino adj (from Bilbao)
- bilbaina noun (someone from Bilbao)
- bilbaino noun (someone from Bilbao)
Spanish
3 entries- bilbaíno adj (from Bilbao)
- bilbaína noun (someone from Bilbao)
- bilbaíno noun (someone from Bilbao)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
Antonio's good grammar and mathematical skills landed him a job in the store of an old Bilbaoan friend of his uncle two blocks from the latter's residence.
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During the French occupation, Bilbaoans were likely to have been exposed to some French culture and influence.
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Only about 10 percent of Bilbaoans speak Euskara, as compared with 35 to 40 percent of the inhabitants of Donostia. Such a contradiction is at the very core of both the difficulties and the dynamism of the Basque Country.
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