Toponimia del Camino de Santiago
en Vasconia
This work is a study of the names of the localities along the Way of St James in Lower Navarre (French Basque Country), in Navarre and in the Basque Autonomous Community, a route currently called Donejakue bidea and formerly Erromesbidea, literally ‘the way of the pilgrims’, ‘the way of the pilgrims’. Special attention is drawn to the duality of forms (one Basque and the other Romance) that some of the toponyms along the route have: Luzaide / Valcarlos, Auritz / Burguete, Puente la Reina / Gares, etc. This duality of forms is due to the pilgrims on their way to Santiago and also to the “Frankish” populations that settled along the route with the approval of the kings of Navarre.
Patxi Xabier Salaberri Zaratiegi, born in Ujué/Uxue (Navarre) in 1959, studied Hispanic Philology at the University of Navarre and Basque Philology at the University of the Basque Country, where he did his doctorate on the toponymy and speech of the Eslava area (Navarre). He is Professor of Basque Philology at the Public University of Navarre and a full member of the Euskaltzaindia / Royal Academy of the Basque Language. He participates in the Toponimicon Hispaniae project coordinated by Ana Boullón.