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Uhaitz or Ugaitz is a Basque word meaning 'torrential river' (French gave). It is a derivative of uharre 'torrent', itself based on the root ur 'water'.

River names

• Uhaitza or Uhaitz Handia 'big torrent', vernacular name of the Saison
• Uhaitxa, river of Sainte-Engrâce, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France
• Uhaitza (Uraitza, Uhaitxe), river in Pagolle
• Uhaitz or Uhatz, brook in Ascain, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France
• Uhaitz-zubi, a tributary of the Estang that rises in Jatxou

and probably,

• the Gaison, former name of the Saison
• Ugarre, brooks in Larrau and Esterençuby
• Uharka, brook in Sare
• Uharratea (Uharatia), tributary of the Otsarteko erreka in Iholdy

Village names

• Ugartzan, Uhartzane < *Uhartzengo (uaurcengo in 1249; ugarrçaun in 1366), a hamlet of the commune of Ossès, Lower Navarre, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France

Notes and references

1. with expressive palatalization /uhajtʃa/.

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