Haute-Loire

American  

[oht-lwar] / oʊtˈlwar /

noun

1. a department in central France. 1,931 sq. mi. (5,000 sq. km). Le Puy.

---

Haute-Loire British  

/ otlwar /

noun

1. a department of S central France, in Auvergne region. Capital: Le Puy. Pop: 213 993 (2003 est). Area: 5001 sq km (1950 sq miles)

---

Example Sentences

On Sunday the Tour’s 15th stage ran from Laissac-Sévérac l’Église to Le Puy-en-Velay, the Haute-Loire town famous for its lentils and lace-making.

From The Guardian

“It reminds me of my childhood memories, the pleasant scent that emanated as it cooked,” Jean-Pierre Abelin of La Vienne wrote about his butter galette, which he said was baked on Sunday morning and eaten after Mass. Of picking mushrooms for his mother to prepare in her restaurant, Jean-Pierre Marcon of the Haute-Loire wrote, “Pleasure becomes, at that instant, an act of love.”

From New York Times

An entire village in the Haute-Loire, led by two Protestant pastors, risked their lives to hide Jews.

From The Guardian

Without reference to the ill-starred Rudolph Straeuli's Camp Barbed Wire handbook, Marc Lièvremont has had his men sweating in the forests of Chambon-sur-Lignon in Haute-Loire.

From The Guardian

Cédric Enjolras, the president of FC Borne, a second division team in the Haute-Loire league, made the official offer to Barcelona this week.

From The Guardian