(n)a terrorist organization organized in 1959 by student activists who were dissatisfied with the moderate nationalism of the traditional Basque party; want to create an independent homeland in Spain's western Pyrenees, Syn.ETA, Basque Fatherland and Liberty, Euskadi ta Askatasuna
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n. [ F. ] 1. One of a race, of unknown origin, inhabiting a region on the Bay of Biscay in Spain and France. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. The language spoken by the Basque people. [ 1913 Webster ]
3. A part of a lady's dress, resembling a jacket with a short skirt; -- probably so called because this fashion of dress came from the Basques. [ 1913 Webster ]