title: Habia (placename element)
text: # Habia (placename element)
  
  Habia, probably from habe(a), is an element in river names as:
  
  * the Uhabia, a coastal river of the French Basque Country,
  * the Ardanabia, a left tributary of the Adour.
  
  It may also be found in names as: Azkabi (Lohitzun), Habiaga (Ainharp, Arrast-Larrebieu, Iholdy), Zehabia (Armendarits), Zehabiaga (Chéraute), Intzabi, Okabe…
  
  The word habia means 'nest' in modern Basque. Its original meaning is 'hole', 'lower place', where rivers flow.
  
  ## Sources
  
  * ↑ Lhande, P. Dictionnaire Basque-Français et Français-Basque, 1926.
  