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The Basque Country ((バスク語:Euskal Herria); (フランス語:Pays basque); (スペイン語:Vasconia ''or'' País Vasco)) is the name given to the home of the Basque people〔Trask, R.L. ''The History of Basque'' Routledge: 1997 ISBN 0-415-13116-2〕 in the western Pyrenees that spans the border between France and Spain on the Atlantic coast. It is the oldest documented Basque name for the area they inhabit, dating to the 16th century〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Euskal Herri )〕 and thus predates the emergence of Basque nationalism by at least two centuries. It comprises the Autonomous Communities of the Basque Country and Navarre in Spain and the Northern Basque Country in France. Even though they are not necessarily synonyms, the concept of a single culturally Basque area spanning various regions and countries has been closely associated with the politics of Basque nationalism. The region is home to the Basque people ((バスク語:Euskaldunak)), their language ((バスク語:Euskara)), culture and traditions.〔Mughal, Muhammad Aurang Zeb. 2012. Spain. Steven L. Denver (ed.), ''Native Peoples of the World: An Encyclopedia of Groups, Cultures, and Contemporary Issues'', Vol. 3. Armonk, NY: M .E. Sharpe, pp. 674–675.〕 The area is neither linguistically nor culturally homogeneous, and certain areas have a majority of people who do not consider themselves Basque, such as the south of Navarre where in 1996 the census reported that 71% of inhabitants did not identify themselves as Basque – although fewer people in the same area (53%) opposed measures to support the Basque language. ==Etymology== The name in Basque is ''Euskal Herria''. The name is difficult to accurately translate into other languages due to the wide range of meanings of the Basque word ''herri''. It can be translated as ''nation; country, land; people, population'' and ''town, village, settlement''.〔Aulestia, G. ''Basque-English Dictionary'' (1989) University of Nevada Press ISBN 0-87417-126-1〕 The first part, ''Euskal'', is the adjectival form of ''Euskara'' "the Basque language".〔 Thus a more literal translation would be "country/nation/people/settlement of the Basque language", a concept difficult to render into a single word in most other languages. The two earliest references (in various spelling guises) are in Joan Perez de Lazarraga's manuscript, dated around 1564–1567 as ''eusquel erria'' and ''eusquel erriau'' and ''heuscal herrian'' ('in the Basque Country') and ''Heuscal-Herrian'' in Joanes Leizarraga's Bible translation, published in 1571. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Basque Country (greater region)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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