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bilbaíno

from Bilbao

adjective beel-bah-EE-noh Rare

Usage Note

Bilbaíno refers to a person or thing from Bilbao, the largest city in the Basque Country (País Vasco). The double accent — the written í — marks it as a four-syllable word, not a three-syllable one; learners sometimes mispronounce it as bilbaino. As a noun it means a native of Bilbao (los bilbaínos); the feminine is bilbaína.

Examples

"El Athletic es el equipo bilbaíno más famoso."

Natural Translation

Athletic is the most famous Bilbao team.

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