Bay of Biscay

English

Etymology

Named for the Spanish province of Biscay.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

the Bay of Biscay

1. A gulf of the North Atlantic Ocean along the western coast of France from Brest south to the Spanish border, and the northern coast of Spain.

Translations

gulf

• Afrikaans: Golf van Biscaje
• Albanian: gjiri e Biskaj
• Amharic: ቢስካይ ባህር (biskay bahr)
• Arabic: خَلِيج غَاشْكُونِيَا m (ḵalīj ḡāškūniyā), خَلِيج بِسْكَاي m (ḵalīj biskāy)
• Armenian: Բիսկայան ծոց (hy) (Biskayan cocʻ)
• Asturian: Mar Cantábricu f
• Azerbaijani: Biskay körfəzi (az)
• Basque: Bizkaiko golkoa
• Belarusian: Біскайскі заліў m (Biskajski zaliw)
• Bengali: বিস্কায়া উপসাগর (biskaẏa upośagor)
• Breton: Pleg-mor Gwaskogn m
• Bulgarian: Бискайски залив m (Biskajski zaliv)
• Burmese: ဗစ္စကေးပင်လယ်အော် (bacca.ke:panglaiau)
• Catalan: golf de Biscaia m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 比斯開灣 / 比斯开湾 (zh) (Bǐsīkāiwān)

• Czech: Biskajský záliv (cs) m
• Danish: Biscayen, Biscayabugten c
• Dutch: Golf van Biscaje m
• Esperanto: Biskaja Golfo
• Estonian: Biskaia laht
• Faroese: Biskayaflógvin
• Finnish: Biskajanlahti (fi)
• French: golfe de Gascogne (fr) m
• Frisian:

  West Frisian: Golf fan Biskaje

• Galician: Golfo de Biscaia m
• Georgian: ბისკაიის ყურე (bisḳaiis q̇ure), ბისკაია (bisḳaia)
• German: Golf von Biskaya m, Biskaya f
• Greek: Βισκαϊκός κόλπος (el) m (Viskaïkós kólpos), Γασκωνικός κόλπος m (Gaskonikós kólpos)
• Hebrew: מפרץ ביסקאיה m (mifráts viskayah)
• Hindi: बिस्के की खाड़ी (biske kī khāṛī)
• Hungarian: Vizcayai-öböl (hu)
• Icelandic: Biskajaflói m
• Indonesian: Teluk Biscay
• Irish: Bá na Bioscáine f
• Italian: golfo di Biscaglia m
• Japanese: ビスケー湾 (ja) (Bisukē-wan)
• Kannada: ಬಿಸ್ಕೇಕೊಲ್ಲಿ (biskēkolli)
• Kazakh: Бискай шығанағы (Biskai şyğanağy)
• Korean: 비스케이 만 (biseukei man)
• Kyrgyz: Бискай булуңу (Biskay buluŋu)
• Lao: ອ່າວບິສເຄ (ʼāo bis khē)
• Latin: Mare Cantabricum n
• Latvian: Biskajas līcis m
• Lithuanian: Biskajos įlanka f
• Macedonian: Бискајски Залив m (Biskajski Zaliv)
• Malay: Teluk Biscay
• Malayalam: ബേ ഓഫ് ബിസ്കേ (bē ōphŭ biskē)
• Maltese: Golf ta’ Biskaja m
• Marathi: बिस्केचे आखात (biskece ākhāt)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Biscayabukten m

  Nynorsk: Biscayabukta m

• Occitan: golf de Gasconha m
• Persian: خلیج بیسکی (xalij biskây)
• Polish: Zatoka Biskajska (pl) f
• Portuguese: Golfo da Biscaia m
• Punjabi: ਬਿਸਕੇ ਦੀ ਖਾੜੀ (biske dī khāṛī)
• Romanian: Golful Biscaya n
• Russian: Биска́йский зали́в (ru) m (Biskájskij zalív)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Бискајски залив m, Бискајски заљев m (Croatia)

  Latin: Biskajski zaliv m, Biskajski zaljev m (Croatia)

• Slovak: Biskajský záliv m
• Slovene: Biskajski zaliv (sl) m
• Spanish: golfo de Vizcaya m
• Swedish: Biscayabukten c
• Tajik: Халиҷи Бискай (Xalij-i Biskay)
• Tamil: பிஸ்கே விரிகுடா (piskē virikuṭā)
• Telugu: బే ఆఫ్ బిస్కే (bē āph biskē)
• Thai: อ่าวบิสเคย์ (àao bìs-kəə)
• Turkish: Biskay Körfezi
• Ukrainian: Біска́йська зато́ка f (Biskájsʹka zatóka)
• Uzbek: Biskay qoʻltigʻi
• Vietnamese: Vịnh Biscay
• Welsh: Bae Bizkaia