Uhar

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Uhar, uharre or ugarre is a Basque word for 'torrent'. It is also known through its derivates uhaitz / ugaitz 'torrential river' and uharka 'tank'.

It may be found in some place names as:

[edit] Village names

• Ugartzan, Uhartzane < *Uhartzengo (uaurcengo in 1249; ugarrçaun in 1366), a hamlet of the commune of Ossès, Lower Navarre, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France

[edit] River names

• Ugarre, brooks in Larrau and Esterençuby
• Uharka, brook in Sare
• Uharratea (Uharatia), tributary of the Otsarteko erreka in Iholdy

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