Habia (root)

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Habia is a linguistic root envolved in river names as:

• the Uhabia, a costal river of the French Basque Country,
• the Ardanabia, a left tributary of the Adour.

The word habia means 'nest' in modern Basque. Its original meaning is 'hole'^[1], 'lower place', where rivers flow.

[edit] Sources

1. ^ Pierre Lhande, Dictionnaire Basque-Français et Français-Basque, 1926.