Lohizun
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Lohizun or Lohitzun / lohits̪un / is a Basque word for 'silty place'. It is a derivate of lohi 'mud'.
It may be found in:
- Lohitzun-Oyhercq, a commune of Pyrénées-Atlantiques
- Donibane-Lohitzune, Basque name of Saint-Jean-de-Luz
- Louts, left tributary of the Adour downstream from Dax, in Chalosse.
In Gascon, lohizun becomes generally luz /lüs̪/ :
- Luz, left tributary of the Arros in Hautes-Pyrénées.
- Luz, left tributary of the gave de Pau in Baliros, in the south of Pau.
- Luz, tributary of the Louge in Lalouret-Laffiteau in Haute-Garonne.
- Luz, inhabited place in Ayros-Arbouix (Hautes-Pyrénées).
- Luz-Saint-Sauveur, a commune of the Hautes-Pyrénées, in Lavedan.
The base luzon /lüzũ/ may be found in:
- Luzoué, left tributary of the Gave de Pau in Mourenx
- Luzoû, right tributary of the Adour in Bégaar in the Moors of Gascony.
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