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Habia, probably from habe(a), is an element in river names as:
* the
Uhabia
The Uhabia or Ouhabia is a coastal river of the French Basque Country, in Aquitaine, southwest France. It is long.
Geography
It rises at ''Goizbide'' in the woods above Ustaritz and Saint-Pée-sur-Nivelle, where it is known as the ''Apala ...
, a coastal river of the
French Basque Country
The French Basque Country, or Northern Basque Country ( eu, Iparralde (), french: Pays basque, es, País Vasco francés) is a region lying on the west of the French department of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques. Since 1 January 2017, it constitu ...
,
* the
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 H ...
, a left tributary of the
Adour
The Adour (; eu, Aturri; oc, Ador) is a river in southwestern France. It rises in High-Bigorre (Pyrenees), in the commune of Aspin-Aure, and flows into the Atlantic Ocean (Bay of Biscay) near Bayonne. It is long, of which the uppermost ca. i ...
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The word ''habia'' means 'nest' in modern
Basque
Basque may refer to:
* Basques, an ethnic group of Spain and France
* Basque language, their language
Places
* Basque Country (greater region), the homeland of the Basque people with parts in both Spain and France
* Basque Country (autonomous co ...
. Its original meaning is 'hole',Lhande, P. ''Dictionnaire Basque-Français et Français-Basque'', 1926. 'lower place', where rivers flow.