Hautes-Alpes

American  

[oht-zalp] / oʊtˈzalp /

noun

1. a department in SE France. 2,179 sq. mi. (5,645 sq. km). Gap.

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Hautes-Alpes British  

/ otzalp /

noun

1. a department of SE France in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Capital: Gap. Pop: 126 810 (2003 est). Area: 5643 sq km (2201 sq miles)

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Example Sentences

A fire broke out on Aug. 20 in the southern Hautes-Alpes region of France, burning at least 140 hectares.

From Reuters

Another broke out on Aug. 20 in the southern Hautes-Alpes region of France, burning at least 140 hectares.

From Reuters

“In the Hautes-Alpes as elsewhere, Emmanuel Macron cannot act like nothing is happening,” the local office of France’s second-largest labor union, the Confédération Générale du Travail, said in a statement.

From New York Times

Macron’s trip to a town in the Hautes-Alpes region of southwest France that that has suffered water shortages gave him a chance to change the topic and briefly escape the daily criticism and protests triggered by his decision to revise the pension system and increase the retirement age from 62 to 64.

From Seattle Times

The local health authority in the Hautes-Alpes region, home to many ski resorts which attract British visitors, said the variant had also been discovered there.

From Reuters