# Leize

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**Leize** is a widespread [hydronymic](/source/Hydronym) root meaning 'pit', or 'ravine'. It appears in modern Basque dictionaries as *leze* 'cave'.[1]

It may be found at the origin of river or place names as:

## Rivers and valleys

- the [Leitzaran](/source/Leitzaran) (from *Leize Haran* 'valley of the Leize'), a river from Leitza in Navarre
- the [Léez](/source/L%C3%A9ez), a left tributary of the Adour
- the [Léès](/source/L%C3%A9%C3%A8s), a right tributary of the [Léez](/source/L%C3%A9ez)
- the Leze, a river flowing through a cave in [Araia](/source/Araia,_%C3%81lava)
- the [Lèze](/source/L%C3%A8ze), a left tributary of the Ariège
- the Lèze and the Lezà, two small tributaries of the [Baïse de Lasseube](/source/Ba%C3%AFse_de_Lasseube)
- the [Lez (river)](/source/Lez_(river)), a coastal river in Hérault
- the [Lez (Salat)](/source/Lez_(Salat)), a left tributary of the [Salat](/source/Salat_(river)) (Ariège)
- the [Lez (Rhône)](/source/Lez_(Rh%C3%B4ne)), a left tributary of the [Rhône](/source/Rh%C3%B4ne)
- the Leza,
- the Lezo, in [La Rioja](/source/La_Rioja), Spain
- the [Lizonne](/source/Lizonne) or Nizonne, a tributary of the Dronne (Dordogne basin)
- the Lizou, a tributary of the [Arcis](/source/Larcis) (Adour basin)
- the Lis or Lys, a left tributary of the [Échez](/source/%C3%89chez) (Adour basin)
- the Lis or Lys, a right tributary of the [Bouès](/source/Bou%C3%A8s) (Adour basin)
- the Lis Circus where the ski resort of [Cauterets](/source/Cauterets) is located.
- the Lis Valley near [Luchon](/source/Luchon) in the [Pyrenees](/source/Pyrenees).
- the Lys, a left tributary of the [Layon](/source/Layon) (Anjou).

On the other hand, the **[Lys](/source/Lys_(river))** or **Leie** is based on another root, the [Gaulish](/source/Gaulish) word [liga](/source/Liga_(root)) 'silt'.

## Municipalities

- [Lées-Athas](/source/L%C3%A9es-Athas), commune of the [Aspe Valley](/source/Aspe_Valley) ([Pyrénées-Atlantiques](/source/Pyr%C3%A9n%C3%A9es-Atlantiques))
- [Les](/source/Les,_Catalonia), municipality of the [Val d'Aran](/source/Val_d'Aran).
- [Lez](/source/Lez,_Haute-Garonne), commune of [Haute-Garonne](/source/Haute-Garonne)
- [Lez](/source/Lez_(Aveyron)), former commune of [Aveyron](/source/Aveyron), today integrated into [Taussac](/source/Taussac)
- Lez, village of the commune of [Saint-Béat](/source/Saint-B%C3%A9at) in [Haute-Garonne](/source/Haute-Garonne).
- [Lys](/source/Lys,_Pyr%C3%A9n%C3%A9es-Atlantiques), commune of [Pyrénées-Atlantiques](/source/Pyr%C3%A9n%C3%A9es-Atlantiques)
- [Saint-Lys](/source/Saint-Lys) (ex *Saint-Nicolas de Lys*), commune in the southwest of [Toulouse](/source/Toulouse).
- Leizpartz, a hamlet of [Saint-Étienne-de-Baïgorry](/source/Saint-%C3%89tienne-de-Ba%C3%AFgorry)

## Antroponyms

- *Lexeia*, an antiquated Aquitanian and Basque female name, for example, documentary film director, Lexeia Larrañaga de Val.

## See also

- [Loch](/source/Loch)

## References

1. Morvan, Michael. ["Etymological Basque Dictionary"](http://projetbabel.org/basque/dictionary.php?q=leize,%20leze). *Project Babel*. Retrieved October 20, 2024.

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