Bilbaoan

Bilbaoan adjective: of, from or relating to the city of Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain.

Adjective

Bilbaoan (not comparable)

Of, from or relating to the city of Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain.
- Arana, the son of a major Bilbaoan shipbuilder, set out to revitalize a flagging Basque consciousness. One of his major concerns was the restoration of the Basque language, Euskera, which had fallen to the status of a local patois1984, Dorothy Legarreta, The Guernica generation: Basque refugee children of the Spanish Civil War
- Antonio's good grammar and mathematical skills landed him a job in the store of an old Bilbaoan friend of his uncle two blocks from the latter's residence.1998, José C. Moya, Cousins and strangers: Spanish immigrants in Buenos Aires, 1850-1930

Bilbaoan (plural Bilbaoans)

A native or inhabitant of the city of Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain.
- During the French occupation, Bilbaoans were likely to have been exposed to some French culture and influence.1989, Barbara Rosen, Arriaga the Forgotten Genius: The Short Life of a Basque Composer
- Only about 10 percent of Bilbaoans speak Euskara, as compared with 35 to 40 percent of the inhabitants of Donostia. Such a contradiction is at the very core of both the difficulties and the dynamism of the Basque Country.2007, William A. Douglass, Joseba Zulaika, Basque culture: anthropological perspectives

plural	Bilbaoans

From Bilbao + -an.

What does Bilbaoan mean?: Bilbaoan means of, from or relating to the city of Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain.
What part of speech is Bilbaoan?: Bilbaoan can be an adjective or a noun.

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