Biscayan

English

Etymology

Biscay +‎ -an

Adjective

Biscayan (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to Biscay in Spain.

Synonyms

• Biscayne

Derived terms

• Biscayan right whale

 

Translations

from Biscay

• Spanish: vizcaíno (es)

Noun

Biscayan (plural Biscayans)

1. A native or inhabitant of Biscay.
2. The westernmost of the modern varieties of the Basque language, spoken in Biscay and neighbouring parts of Álava and Gipuzkoa.
3. A long heavy musket.
4. The bullet fired by a musket of this kind.

Translations

native or inhabitant of Biscay

• Spanish: vizcaína (es) f, vizcaíno (es) m

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “Biscayan”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)