Lohizun

Lohizun or Lohitzun / lohits̪un / is a Basque word for 'silty place'. It is a derivate of lohi 'mud'.

It may be found in:
*Lohitzun-Oyhercq, a commune of Pyrénées-Atlantiques
*Donibane-Lohitzune, Basque name of Saint-Jean-de-Luz
* Louts, left tributary of the Adour downstream from Dax, in Chalosse.

In Gascon, "lohizun" becomes generally luz /lüs̪/ :
* Luz, left tributary of the Arros in Hautes-Pyrénées.
* Luz, left tributary of the gave de Pau in Baliros, in the south of Pau.
* Luz, tributary of the Louge in Lalouret-Laffiteau in Haute-Garonne.
* Luz, inhabited place in Ayros-Arbouix (Hautes-Pyrénées).
* Luz-Saint-Sauveur, a commune of the Hautes-Pyrénées, in Lavedan.

The base luzon /lüzũ/ may be found in:
*Luzoué, left tributary of the Gave de Pau in Mourenx
* Luzoû, right tributary of the Adour in Bégaar in the Moors of Gascony.