(gwârˈnĭ-kə, gĕr-nēˈkä) also Guernica y Lu·no(ē lo͞oˈnō)
A town in the Basque region of north-central Spain northeast of Bilbao. Its April 1937 bombing by German planes during the Spanish Civil War inspired one of Picasso's most famous paintings. Population: 16,000.