proper noun/pɛ.i bask/
Basque Country (a cultural region that straddles the border of Spain and France, where the Basque language is traditionally spoken); Basque Country (an autonomous community in northern Spain)
Inherited from Middle French paÿs des bascles, paiis de bascles (var. des), terre des bascles (elsewhere simply bascle, bascles). Apparently a calque of Medieval Latin Terra Basclorum or similar. Compare Euskal Herria, and basque.