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Ur (root)
{{Unreferenced, date=October 2007 Ur is the Basque word for 'water'. This root may be found in many place names and some derivates as: * uharre / ugarre 'torrent' * uhaitz / ugaitz 'torrential river' (French gave). * urtz- ◂ Ourse > Ousse, Urtzaran, Ossau Valley < ''valis ursaliensis'' (1127), Oursbelille House names (thus family names) * Uhalde or Ugalde, from ''ur alde'' 'water side'; Family names: ''Duhalde, Uhalt, Duhalt''. * Uharte or Ugarte, from ''ur arte'' 'between water' ('between two brooks'; 'island'); Family names: ''Duhart, Duarte''.River names (thus village names) *, fr ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haran
Haran or Aran ( he, הָרָן ''Hārān'') is a man in the Book of Genesis in the Hebrew Bible. He died in Ur of the Chaldees, was a son of Terah, and brother of Abraham. Through his son Lot, Haran was the ancestor of the Moabites and Ammonites. Haran and his family Terah, a descendant of Shem son of Noah, was the father of Abram/Abraham, Nahor, and Haran. Their home's location is not certain, but it is usually supposed to have been in Mesopotamia. Besides Lot and Milcah, Haran fathered a daughter Iscah. After Haran died in Ur of the Chaldees 'before his father Terah', his family travelled towards Canaan, the Promised Land. However, Terah stopped at Charan (or Haran ebrew חָרָן, Ḥārān and settled there, as did Nahor and Milcah, whereas Lot accompanied Abraham and others onwards to Canaan. Etymology The name ''Haran'' possibly comes from the Hebrew word ''har'', = "mountain", with a West Semitic suffix appearing with proper names, ''anu/i/a''. Thus, it has been su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Urcuit
Urcuit (; eu, Urketa)URKETA is a small village and a in the in south-western . It is par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hasparren
Hasparren (; eu, Hazparne) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France. A resident of Hasparren is known as a 'Hazpandar'. Geography Location It's a ''commune fait partie'' of the Basque Province of Labourd. The Côte Basque (''Euskal Kostaldea)'', is 25 km to the west. Access Hasparren is located on the route D 10, between La Bastide-Clairence and Cambo-les-Bains, at the crossroads with D 21, D 22 and D 23. It has got access to autoroute A 64, exit 4 near Briscous. Hydrography The rivers Ardanabia and Suhihandia (a tributary of the Aran), flow through the commune. Locations Eight settlements compose the Commune of Hasparren: * Labiri ; * Elizaberri ; * la Coste (la Côte sur les cartes IGN) ; * Peña (Pegna sur les cartes IGN) ; * Minhotz ; * la Ville ; * Urcuray ; * Bas-Labiri et Zelhaia . Toponymy Ancient attestations It is attestested with various words: ''Hesperenne'' (1247 in Cartulaire de Bayonne) ''Sant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ardanabia
The Ardanabia (also known as ''Ardanabie'', ''Ardanavie'', ''Ardanavy'', ''Ardanavia'') is a left tributary of the Adour, in the French Basque Country, in Aquitaine, Southwest France. It is long. Geography The Ardanabia rises in the moors of Hasparren, flows north meandering between Mouguerre and Briscous and joins the Adour below Urcuit. Name The name ''Ardanabia'' proceeds from ''ardan- habia'', that can be analyzed as 'river course in vineyards'. Départements and towns * Pyrénées-Atlantiques: Hasparren, Mouguerre, Briscous, Urcuit. Main tributaries * Angeluko Erreka * Ur Handia Ur was an important Sumerian city-state in ancient Mesopotamia, located at the site of modern Tell el-Muqayyar ( ar, تل ٱلْمُقَيَّر) in south Iraq's Dhi Qar Governorate. Although Ur was once a coastal city near the mouth of the ... References {{Reflist Rivers of France Rivers of Pyrénées-Atlantiques Rivers of Nouvelle-Aquitaine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Villefranque, Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Villefranque (; eu, Milafranga)MILAFRANGA is a in the department in south-western . It is part of the traditional |
Jatxou
Jatxou (; Basque ''Jatsu'')JATSU is a village and a in the department in south-western . It is part of the traditional |
Cambo-les-Bains
Cambo-les-Bains (; eu, Kanbo) is a town in the traditional Basque province of Labourd, now in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France. It lies on the south-western bank of the river Nive. Cambo-les-Bains station has rail connections to Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port and Bayonne. Population People In 1900, Edmond Rostand, writer of the play ''Cyrano de Bergerac'', came to Cambo-les-Bains because of his pulmonary disease. He was taken by the area and in time bought some land and had a house built. It was completed in 1906. His house, the Villa Arnaga, is now a heritage site and a museum devoted to Rostand's life and Basque architecture and crafts. The Spanish composer Isaac Albéniz died in Cambo-les-Bains in 1909 as well as another significant Spanish composer, Sebastián Durón, who died there in 1716. The French orientalist Jean Sauvaget died in Cambo in 1950. Musical instrument inventor Georges Jenny, who devised the Ondioline, died in Cambo-les-Bains in 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nive
The Nive (; eu, Errobi; oc, Niva) is a French river that flows through the French Basque Country. It is a left tributary of the river Adour. It is long. The river's source in the Pyrenees in Lower Navarre. The river Nive was made famous by the ''Le petit Nicolas'' series. Geography The Nive proper is formed from three head rivers in Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port: * The Nive de Béhérobie (main stream) * The Laurhibar * The Nive d'Arnéguy. The Nive passes through the towns of Estérençuby (Nive de Béhérobie), Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port, Bidarray, Cambo-les-Bains, Ustaritz, Villefranque and Bayonne, where it flows into the Adour. Principal tributaries * Ezterrengibel or Esterenguibel * Nive des Aldudes, from Saint-Étienne-de-Baïgorry * Laka, from Ossès * Baztan, from Bidarray * Latsa, from Espelette See also * Battle of the Nive The Battles of the Nive (9–13 December 1813) were fought towards the end of the Peninsular War. Arthur Wellesley, Marquess of W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bidart
Bidart (; eu, Bidarte)BIDARTE is a of the department in southwestern France
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