Vasconic

Part of speech: adjective

Definitions

1. Of or pertaining to the ancient Iberian people who inhabited the region corresponding to modern Navarre and parts of Aragon and Castile
2. Relating to the Vascones, a pre-Roman ethnic group that lived in the northern interior of the Iberian Peninsula
3. Concerning the Vascones and their lands in ancient Spain, particularly the area now known as Navarre and adjacent territories

Etymology: "Vasconic" is a plain formation: "Vascon", the Latin-derived name for the Basques (from Latin "Vasco", plural "Vascones", the people of the Pyrenean region), with the adjectival suffix "-ic" attached. It means relating to the Vascons, or to the Basque people and their region in its older sense. The construction follows the same pattern as many ethnic and place adjectives in English, where a people's name is combined with "-ic" to produce a descriptive term. Because it is built directly on "Vascon", the word's meaning is tied to that group name rather than to any separate older vocabulary.