Leize
Leize is a widespread hydronymic root meaning 'pit', or 'ravine'. It appears in modern Basque dictionaries as leze 'cave'.
It may be found at the origin of river or place names as:
Rivers and valleys
- the Leitzaran, a river from Leitza in Navarre
- the Léez, a left tributary of the Adour
- the Léès, a right tributary of the Léez
- the Leze, a river flowing through a cave in Araia
- the Lèze, a left tributary of the Ariège
- the Lèze and the Lezà, two small tributaries of the Baïse de Lasseube
- the Lez (river), a coastal river in Hérault
- the Lez (Salat), a left tributary of the Salat
- the Lez (Rhône), a left tributary of the Rhône
- the Leza,
- the Lezo, in La Rioja, Spain
- the Lizonne or Nizonne, a tributary of the Dronne
- the Lizou, a tributary of the Arcis
- the Lis or Lys, a left tributary of the Échez
- the Lis or Lys, a right tributary of the Bouès
- the Lis Circus where the ski resort of Cauterets is located.
- the Lis Valley near Luchon in the Pyrenees.
- the Lys, a left tributary of the Layon.
Municipalities
- Lées-Athas, commune of the Aspe Valley
- Les, municipality of the Val d'Aran.
- Lez, commune of Haute-Garonne
- Lez, former commune of Aveyron, today integrated into Taussac
- Lez, village of the commune of Saint-Béat in Haute-Garonne.
- Lys, commune of Pyrénées-Atlantiques
- Saint-Lys, commune in the southwest of Toulouse.
- Leizpartz, a hamlet of Saint-Étienne-de-Baïgorry