Bis'cay, or VIZCAYA, the most northerly of the Basque Provinces of Spain, is bounded N. by the Bay of Biscay, E. and S. by its sister-provinces, Guipuzcoa and Alava, and W. by Santander (see BASQUES, FUERO). It has an area (very mountainous in the south) of 849 sq. m., and a population of 235,659. Chief town, Bilbao (q.v.).
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 2: Beaugency to Cataract, p. 181
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