Héas

Heàs is a frequent toponym in Gascogne. One owes him:

Héas hamlet and valley in the south of Gèdre in Lavedan,
Hias (with Castetbon, Mourenx, Saubole, Angoume)
Féas in Barétous (repair néolatine of Heàs , Heaas in 1343).

It comes from:

heà < fenar , a toponymic derivative of the Latin fenum “Hay”. The evolution fenar > heà is regular in Gascon.
augmentative suffix - ac/- ace

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