Etymology

Nueva Vizcaya

Today it means: A province of Cagayan Valley, Luzon, Philippines. Capital: Bayombong. Full definition →

Spanish Nueva Vizcaya ← Basque Bizkaia
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The story

  1. Basque · derived fromBizkaia
  2. Spanish · borrowed fromNueva Vizcaya
  3. English todayNueva Vizcaya

Borrowed from Spanish Nueva Vizcaya, from nueva + Basque Bizkaia.

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