A Basque Colombian ( es, Vasco-Colombiano, eu, Eusko-Kolonbiar) is a person or resident born in
Colombia of
Basque
Basque may refer to:
* Basques, an ethnic group of Spain and France
* Basque language, their language
Places
* Basque Country (greater region), the homeland of the Basque people with parts in both Spain and France
* Basque Country (autonomous co ...
descent. The term "Basque" may refer to
ethnic Basques who immigrated to Colombia from the
Basque Country.
Basques in the Paisa Region
The presence of Basque ancestry in the Paisa Region is exhibited by the proliferation of Basque surnames. Some scholars point out that this may be one of the regions of
South America
South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere at the northern tip of the continent. It can also be described as the sout ...
with the greatest concentration of ancestry from the Iberian region.
[Etnias de Colombia:]
Los vascos
", . Link retrieved on 4 April 2009. Cite: "''la profusión en Antioquia está por encima del promedio estadístico atribuible a la simple distribución casual de apellidos asimilados''" (tr.en. "The profusion in Antioquia is above the media of a simple and casual surname assimilation.") The Basques began to arrive in Antioquia during the seventeenth century.
See also
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Basque Argentine
Basque Argentines are Argentine citizens of Basque descent or people from Basque residing in Argentina. Basque Argentines are one of the largest Basque diaspora groups in the world.
Basque settlement in Argentina took place in the late 19th and ...
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Basque Mexican
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Basque Americans
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Spanish Colombian
A Spanish Colombian is a Colombian of Spanish descent. Since the vast majority of Colombians are of at least partial Spanish descent and their culture is predominantly derived from Spain, it is a rarely used term and Spanish-Colombians identify a ...
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White Latin American
White is the lightest color and is achromatic (having no hue). It is the color of objects such as snow, chalk, and milk, and is the opposite of black. White objects fully reflect and scatter all the visible wavelengths of light. White on ...
References
{{Colombian people
Ethnic groups in Colombia
Basque diaspora in South America