Word: gipuzcoa
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Pyrenees mountains. The Roman historian Strabo referred to the Basques as "fierce mountain warriors" who "wear no helmets in battle." One-fifth of the territory was integrated into the French domain at the end of the French Revolution in 1789. The remaining four-fifths, the states of Alaba, Bizcaya, Gipuzcoa and Nabarra were annexed by Spain in 1839 after the first Carlist war. It was at this time, after centuries of freedom, that the Basques first lost their independence. Euskadi-- the Basque word for Basqueland--became an occupied nation...
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