Lohizun
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Lohizun or Lohitzun / lohits̪un / is a Basque
Basque language
Basque is the ancestral language of the Basque people, who inhabit the Basque Country, a region spanning an area in northeastern Spain and southwestern France. It is spoken by 25.7% of Basques in all territories...

 word for 'silty place'. It is a derivate of lohi
Lohi
Lohi is a town and union council of Dureji Tehsil in Balochistan province, Pakistan. It is located at 28°56'0N 68°4'0E with an altitude of 93 metres ....

 'mud'.

It may be found in:
  • Lohitzun-Oyhercq
    Lohitzun-Oyhercq
    Lohitzun-Oyhercq is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France.It is located in the former province of Soule.-External links:*...

    , a commune of Pyrénées-Atlantiques
  • Donibane-Lohitzune, Basque name of Saint-Jean-de-Luz
    Saint-Jean-de-Luz
    Saint-Jean-de-Luz is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France.Saint-Jean-de-Luz is part of the province Basque of Labourd and the Basque Eurocity Bayonne - San Sebastian .-Geography:...

  • Louts
    Louts
    The Louts, is a left tributary of the Adour, in Aquitaine, in the Southwest of France.- Name :The name Louts could be related to the Basque cognate lohizun 'marsh'...

    , left tributary of the Adour
    Adour
    The Adour is a river in southwestern France. It rises in High-Bigorre , at the Col du Tourmalet, and flows into the Atlantic Ocean near Bayonne. It is long, of which the uppermost as the Adour du Tourmalet. At its final stretch, i.e...

     downstream from Dax
    Dax, Landes
    Dax is a commune in Aquitaine in south-western France, sub-prefecture of the Landes department.It is particularly famous as a spa, specialising in mud treatment for rheumatism and similar ailments....

    , in Chalosse.


In Gascon, lohizun becomes generally luz
Luz
Luz is the name of two places in the Bible.Luz is the ancient name of a royal Canaanite city, connected with Bethel . It is debated among scholars whether Luz and Bethel represent one and the same town - the former the Canaanite name, and the latter the Hebrew name - or whether they were distinct...

 /lüs̪/ :
  • Luz, left tributary of the Arros
    Arros
    -River:* The Arros River, one of the main tributaries of the Adour, in the Southwest of France-Communes:* Arros-de-Nay, a commune of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department* Asasp-Arros, a commune of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department...

     in Hautes-Pyrénées
    Hautes-Pyrénées
    Hautes-Pyrénées is a department in southwestern France. It is part of the Midi-Pyrénées region.-History:...

    .
  • Luz, left tributary of the gave de Pau
    Gave de Pau
    The Gave de Pau is a river of south-western France and a left tributary of the Adour. It takes its name from the city Pau, through which it flows. The river is in length, and its source is at the Cirque de Gavarnie in the Pyrenees mountains....

     in Baliros
    Baliros
    Baliros is a commune of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France.-References:*...

    , in the south of Pau.
  • Luz, tributary of the Louge
    Louge
    The Louge is a long river in southwestern France, left tributary of the Garonne. Its source is in the département of Hautes-Pyrénées, near Lannemezan.It flows generally north-northeast through the following départements and towns:*Hautes-Pyrénées:...

     in Lalouret-Laffiteau
    Lalouret-Laffiteau
    Lalouret-Laffiteau is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France.-Population:-References:*...

     in Haute-Garonne
    Haute-Garonne
    Haute-Garonne is a department in the southwest of France named after the Garonne river. Its main city is Toulouse.-History:Haute-Garonne is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790. It was created from part of the former province of Languedoc.The...

    .
  • Luz, inhabited place in Ayros-Arbouix
    Ayros-Arbouix
    Ayros-Arbouix is a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in south-western France.Common Pyrenees located in Lavedan it is part of the Pyrenees National Park.-References:*...

     (Hautes-Pyrénées
    Hautes-Pyrénées
    Hautes-Pyrénées is a department in southwestern France. It is part of the Midi-Pyrénées region.-History:...

    ).
  • Luz-Saint-Sauveur
    Luz-Saint-Sauveur
    Luz-Saint-Sauveur is a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in south-western France.-References:*...

    , a commune of the Hautes-Pyrénées
    Hautes-Pyrénées
    Hautes-Pyrénées is a department in southwestern France. It is part of the Midi-Pyrénées region.-History:...

    , in Lavedan.


The base luzon /lüzũ/ may be found in:
  • Luzoué, left tributary of the Gave de Pau in Mourenx
    Mourenx
    Mourenx is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France.-References:*...

  • Luzoû, right tributary of the Adour
    Adour
    The Adour is a river in southwestern France. It rises in High-Bigorre , at the Col du Tourmalet, and flows into the Atlantic Ocean near Bayonne. It is long, of which the uppermost as the Adour du Tourmalet. At its final stretch, i.e...

     in Bégaar
    Bégaar
    Bégaar is a commune in the Landes department in Aquitaine in south-western France....

     in the Moors of Gascony.
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