Editing Bilbao (section)

===Demonym===

The demonym is ''bilbaíno, -a''", although the popular pronunciation ''bilbaino/a'' (sic) is also frequent.<ref>{{cite web |author=Iñaki Azkuna |author-link=Iñaki Azkuna |date=February 2007 |url=http://www.bilbao.net/castella/residentes/vivebilbao/publicaciones/periodicobilbao/200702/pag07.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923191301/http://www.bilbao.net/castella/residentes/vivebilbao/publicaciones/periodicobilbao/200702/pag07.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=2015-09-23 |title=Al mayor Robles |work=Bilbao Newspaper |editor=Bilbao City Council |access-date=19 July 2008 }}</ref> In [[Basque language|Basque]], it is ''bilbotar'', which is sometimes also used in Spanish, generally within the Basque Country.<ref>See examples in the following articles journalistic. For the female gender: [http://www.deia.com/es/printer/2007/11/27/bizkaia/herrialdeak/420800.php The Euskal Museum Herria opens an exhibition of the bilbotarra Mabi Revuelta.]{{dead link|date=January 2019|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} For the male: [https://web.archive.org/web/20090123095721/http://www.deia.es/es/digital/bizkaia/2008/03/08/449427.php A bilbotarra will soon open the first Basque restaurant in Shanghai, with almost 90 traditional dishes]. In plural number: [http://www.gara.net/paperezkoa/20080509/76674/en/El/Festival/de/Cine/Fantastico/aterroriza%C2%BB//a/los/bilbotarras/ The Film Festival Fantastic «terrorizes» the bilbotarras]{{Dead link|date=January 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> 
The village is affectionately known by its inhabitants as the ''{{lang|es|botxo}}'' meaning "hole", since it is surrounded by mountains.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.euskonews.com/0313zbk/gaia31303es.html |title=The botxo: Etymology of a name of Bilbao |author=Gómez Pérez, Josu |editor=euskonews.com |date=9 September 2005 |access-date=25 July 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081002123915/http://www.euskonews.com/0313zbk/gaia31303es.html |archive-date=2 October 2008}}</ref> The nickname ''botxero'' is derived from this nickname. Another nickname that Bilbao receives is that of ''chimbos'', which comes from birds that were hunted in large numbers in these places during the 19th century.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.elcorreodigital.com/vizcaya/prensa/20070102/vizcaya/cazando-bilbao_20070102.html |editor=El Correo Español |title=Cazando Bilbao |author=Olmo |date=2 January 2007 |access-date=25 July 2008 |archive-date=22 January 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090122205505/http://www.elcorreodigital.com/vizcaya/prensa/20070102/vizcaya/cazando-bilbao_20070102.html |url-status=live }} See also [http://descargas.cervantesvirtual.com/servlet/SirveObras/mcp/45700624322314985754679/016504.pdf?incr=1 Chimbos and Chimberos]{{dead link|date=January 2019|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} of [[Miguel de Unamuno]].</ref>

The titles, the flag and the coat of arms are Bilbao's traditional symbols and belong to its historic patrimony, being used in formal acts, for the identification and decoration of specific places or for the validation of documents.