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{{Refimprove, date=October 2007 Habia, probably from habe(a), is an element in river names as: * the Uhabia, a coastal river of the
French Basque Country The French Basque Country (; ; ), or Northern Basque Country (, or , ), is a region lying on the west of the French department of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques. Since 1 January 2017, it constitutes the Basque Municipal Community (; ) presided ...
, * 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 ...
, a left tributary of the
Adour The Adour (; ; ) 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. is known as the ' ...
. It may also be found in names as: ''Azkabi'' ( Lohitzun), ''Habiaga'' (
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, Arrast-Larrebieu, Iholdy), ''Zehabia'' ( Armendarits), ''Zehabiaga'' ( Chéraute), '' Intzabi'', '' Okabe''… 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.


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