Bilbao

• IPA^(key): /bɪlˈbaʊ/[1]

• Audio (Southern England)

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• Rhymes: -aʊ

Bilbao

1. The largest city in the Basque Country, in northern Spain, and capital city of the province of Biscay, Spain.

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Bilbao m

1. Bilbao (the largest city in the Basque Country, in nothern Spain, and capital city of the province of Biscay, Spain)

Three possibilities are:

• From Basque billa (“stacking”) + Spanish vaho (“steam, mist”).
• Evolution of Spanish bello vado (“beautiful river crossing”), from the Roman name, Latin bellum vadum.
• From Basque billa-ibaia-bao (“river cove”).[1]

• IPA^(key): /bilˈbao/ [bilˈβ̞a.o]

• Audio (Peru):

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• Rhymes: -ao
• Syllabification: Bil‧ba‧o

Bilbao ?

1. Bilbao (the largest city in the Basque Country, in northern Spain, and capital city of the province of Biscay, Spain)