# Hautz

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**Hautz** is a [Navarrese](/source/Navarre) [oronym](/source/Toponym). Like many toponyms, it tends to be conservatively kept, even though the dominant language changes. The etymology is possibly from [Proto-Basque](/source/Proto-Basque_language).

It may be found in the following place names:

- [Hautza](/source/Hautza) or [Autza](/source/Hautza) (1,306 m), a mountain in the west of [Saint-Étienne-de-Baïgorry](/source/Saint-%C3%89tienne-de-Ba%C3%AFgorry)[1]
- Ixtauz (also known as *Istauz, Ichtauz*) for *Aitz-hautz*, an example of [tautological place name](/source/Tautological_place_name), in the south of the Hautza (1,024 m)
- Hauzkoa (1268 m), with the diminutive -*ko*, a mount near [Béhorléguy](/source/B%C3%A9horl%C3%A9guy)
- Etxauz, name of the castle of [Saint-Étienne-de-Baïgorry](/source/Saint-%C3%89tienne-de-Ba%C3%AFgorry)
- Hautzai Pass (965 m), in [Urepel](/source/Urepel)
- Auztarri (1,412 m), for *Autz-harri*, a mount above the dam of Irabia, in the Irati Valley, in [Navarre](/source/Navarre).

## References

1. PeakVisor. ["Hautza"](https://peakvisor.com/peak/hautza.html). *PeakVisor*. Retrieved 2025-12-05.

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