Where does “Navarre” come from?

Navarre (French) comes from Spanish Navarra, from Basque herri, from Proto-Basque *(h)eRi — town, nation, inhabited place.

Ancestry of “Navarre”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SpanishNavarrathe letter N in the Spanish spelling alphabet
2Basqueherrivillage, town; people, nation; country
3Proto-Basque*(h)eRitown, nation, inhabited place

Words derived from “Navarre”

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