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Basques have been living in Northern Nevada for over a century and form a population of several thousand. Basque immigrants first came in the mid-1800s during the Gold rush. The Basques have also been closely-tied to sheep herding in Nevada and neighboring states. The Basque-American culture is especially prominent in the town of Winnemucca.
The Basque Diaspora (Basque Studies Program, University of Nevada, Reno). Etulain, Richard W., and Jeronima Echeverria, eds. Portraits of Basques in the New World (U of Nevada Press, 1999). Lasagabaster, David. "Basque diaspora in the USA and language maintenance." Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development 29.1 (2008): 66–90. online
After King Louis XIV of France. [50] The name Louis itself comes from Frankish hluda, 'heard of, famous' (cf. loud) + wiga, 'war'. [51] Maine: October 13, 1729: English: main: A common historical etymology is that the name refers to the mainland, as opposed to the coastal islands. [52] [53] French: Maine: After the French province of Maine. [54 ...
The Basques (Basque: Euskaldunak) are an indigenous ethno-linguistic group mainly inhabiting the Basque Country (adjacent areas of Spain and France).Their history is therefore interconnected with Spanish and French history and also with the history of many other past and present countries, particularly in Europe and the Americas, where a large number of their descendants keep attached to their ...
The word Biscayne left an imprint in different place names and surnames (last names) of the Americas and the Philippines, related to the Basque whale hunting and colonisation of the "New World". [2] By the time of the 1833 territorial division of Spain, the concept had shifted gradually to mean anything related to the Basque province of Biscay ...
(people living in the Basque Provinces of Spain, including some areas where most people do not identify themselves as Basque) 2,410,000 [1] [2] France (people living in the French Basque Country, not all of whom identify as Basque) 239,000 [1] United States (self-identifying as having Basque ancestry) 57,793 [3] Canada (including those of mixed ...
Montana from Latinized Spanish meaning "mountainous", also in Spanish "montaña" is the name of "mountain" Nevada comes from the Spanish Sierra Nevada (which is also a mountain range in Spain), meaning snowy mountain range (Nevada is the Spanish feminine form of snowy). New Mexico, named after the Valley of Mexico.
Several thousand place names in the United States have names of French origin, some a legacy of past French exploration and rule over much of the land and some in honor of French help during the American Revolution and the founding of the country (see also: New France and French in the United States).