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lehendakari

lehendakari

English

Noun

lehendakari (plural lehendakaris)

  1. The president of the Basque government.
    • 2009 March 2, Victoria Burnett, “Nationalists in Basque Losing Vote in Assembly”, in New York Times:
      A vote to choose the new Basque leader, or lehendakari, is expected this week.

Basque

Etymology

From Basque lehendabizi (the first) + -ari (suffix indicating profession).

Noun

lehendakari

  1. lehendakari
  2. president

Declension