Ahaitz
Ahaitz or Ahaize is a Basque place name referring to flat areas in mountainous ranges favorable to human settlement.[1] It literally means "rock".[2]
It may refer to:
- Ahaize, a hamlet of the commune of Ossès.
- Ahaxe, a commune of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques.
It is at the origin of place names as:
- Ahetze, a commune of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques and a former mande of Lower Navarre.
- Ahaizparren: Hasparren, Azparren, Asparren
- Aezkoa (Ahezcoa in 1137), a valley of Navarre.
Notes
[edit]- ↑ Jean-Baptiste Orpustan, Nouvelle toponymie basque, Presses Universitaires de Bordeaux, ISBN 2-86781-396-4.
- ↑ "ahaitz - Etymological Basque Dictionary-French-Spanish-English". projetbabel.org. Retrieved 2026-08-06.