Apʰanize

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Apʰanize is a Basque place name. It is found in:

  • the Aphanize Pass, a mountain pass between the valleys of the Bidouze and the Laurhibar in Lower Navarre.
  • l'Apʰanize, a right tributary of the Saison upstream from Tardets.
  • l'Apʰanixe, a right tributary of the Saison from Haux.

[edit] Etymology

This place name is based on:

  • an extinct stem apʰann-*
  • the locative suffix -iz / -itz

The final e is not etymological, but a residue of the Basque declension.