NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Flag of Basque Country

The Ikurriña flag is a Basque symbol and the official flag of the Basque Country Autonomous Community of Spain. Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Basque_Country. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Basque_Country. ... Basque may refer to: Look up Basque in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Capital Vitoria-Gasteiz Official language(s) Spanish and Basque Area â€“ Total â€“ % of Spain Ranked 14th 7,234 kmÂ² 1. ... Spains fifty provinces (provincias) are grouped into seventeen autonomous communities (comunidades aut nomas), in addition to two African autonomous cities (ciudades aut nomas) (Ceuta and Melilla). ...

The flag was designed by the founders of the Basque Nationalist Party EAJ-PNV Luis and Sabino Arana, and is commonly regarded as the national but unofficial symbol of Euskal Herria, or the wider Basque Country. It is widely seen in the French Basque Country and forms part of the official flag of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon, the French overseas community in North America that was settled by French Basque sailors. The Ikurriña is also the flag of the Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ-PNV). The Basque Nationalist Party is a political party in the Basque region of Spain. ... Sabino Arana Goiri, self-styled as Arana ta GoiritaÅ• Sabin (January 26, 1865 â€“ November 25, 1903), founder of the Basque Nationalist Party and a pioneer of Basque nationalism. ... This article is about the traditional Basque domain. ... Location of Historical Territory of the Basque Country The IkurriÃ±a, Basque Country flag The Lauburu, Basque Country symbol This article is about the traditional overall Basque domain. ... This article is about the traditional Basque domain. ... National motto: A mare labor Official language French Capital Saint-Pierre President of the General Council StÃ©phane Artano Prefect Albert Dupuy Area â€“ Total â€“ % water 242 kmÂ² (93. ... A collectivitÃ© doutre-mer (in English Overseas Community) or COM, is an administrative division of France. ... World map showing North America A satellite composite image of North America. ... The Basque Nationalist Party is a political party in the Basque region of Spain. ...

The flag was designed in 1894 to represent the province of Biscay (Vizcaya in Spanish, Bizkaia in Basque) in a set of one flag for each of the seven Basque provinces and one for the whole country. However, since PNV activity was scarce outside of Biscay, only the Biscayne flag was publicly recognized. It was hoisted by the first time in the "Euzkeldun Batzokija", the club that preceded EAJ-PNV. The party adopted it in 1895 and, in 1933, proposed it as the flag of the whole Basque Country. (For the Vizcaya mansion in Florida, see Villa Vizcaya) Vizcaya province Vizcaya (Basque Bizkaia) is a province of northern Spain, in the northwestern part of the autonomous community of the Basque Country. ... Basque (in Basque: Euskara) is the language spoken by the Basque people who inhabit the Pyrenees in North-Central Spain and the adjoining region of South-Western France. ... Location of Historical Territory of the Basque Country The IkurriÃ±a, Basque Country flag The Lauburu, Basque Country symbol This article is about the traditional overall Basque domain. ...

In 1936, due to the fact that the Basque people had accepted the "ikurrina" and at the suggestion of the socialistic counselor Aznar, the Basque Government adopted it as flag of the Basque Autonomous Community. The regime of General Franco prohibited it in 1938 (it kept being used in the Basque provinces under French sovereignty). It became a symbol of defiance, the first actions of the clandestine group ETA involved placing flags in public places. During the Spanish transition to democracy it was legalized in 1977. Two years later the Basque Government turned to adopt it as flag of the Basque A.C. It was also adopted by nationalists in the rest of the provinces. This article is about the traditional Basque domain. ... ETA symbol or ETA (Basque for Basque Homeland and Freedom; IPA pronunciation: [) is a paramilitary Basque nationalist organization listed as a terrorist organization by the United Nations, European Union and the United States in their watchlists on the matter. ... The Spanish transition to democracy or new Bourbon restoration was the era when Spain moved from the dictatorship of Francisco Franco to a liberal democratic state. ...

The red bottom symbolizes the Biscayan people (the race); the green saltire might represent the Oak of Guernica, a symbol of the old laws of Bizkaia, or Fueros; and over them, the white cross, God's symbol of Basque Catholic devotion. Thus, red, white and green have become the national Basque colors. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (749x1147, 136 KB)Gernikako Arbola, the Gernika oak I took the picture in 1997, I think. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (749x1147, 136 KB)Gernikako Arbola, the Gernika oak I took the picture in 1997, I think. ... The tree with the temple in the back and the hermitage to the left. ... Fueros is a Spanish legal term and concept; there is a similar Portuguese term, Forals. ...

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The name is a neologism by the Aranas from ikur ("mark, sign", compare to Catalan senyera). It was intended to have the generic meaning of "flag" but ended with this specific meaning. Therefore, the current standard Basque word for "flag" is the Hispanism bandera. A similar process happened with other Basque nationalist neologisms, like lehendakari and ertzaintza, coined originally as generic terms, but then applied almost exclusively to the Basque President and the Basque Police. The original Biscayne spelling of the Aranas was ikuŕiñ (the final -a is the Basque definite article). The modern standard spelling is ikurrin. Different flags of territories of the former Crown of Aragon are based upon the Senyera. ... The President of the Basque Country is referred to as Lehendakari (literally, firstlier) in Basque, or Eusko Jaurlaritzako Lehendakari (President of the Basque Government); the Spanish title is Presidente del Gobierno Vasco. ... Ertzaintza is the police force of the Basque Country, one of the autonomous communities of Spain. ... Definite Article is the title of British comedian Eddie Izzards 1996 performance released on video and CD. The video/DVD and CD performances were both recorded on different nights at the Shaftesbury Theatre in London, England. ...

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