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Hautes-Pyrénées

American  
[oht-pee-rey-ney] / oʊt pi reɪˈneɪ /

noun

  1. a department in SW France. 1,751 sq. mi. (4,535 sq. km). Tarbes.


Hautes-Pyrénées British  
/ otpirene /

noun

  1. a department of SW France, in Midi-Pyrénées region. Capital: Tarbes. Pop: 224 053 (2003 est). Area: 4534 sq km (1768 sq miles)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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SAZOS.—A small village near St. Sauveur, in the Hautes-Pyrénées, below the hamlet of Grust.

From Twixt France and Spain by Bilbrough, E. Ernest

ASPIN, a small village in the Aure valley, Hautes-Pyrénées, below the Col of the same name, on the road between Bigorre and Luchon.

From Twixt France and Spain by Bilbrough, E. Ernest

CAPVERN.—A bathing resort in the Hautes-Pyrénées, built on a hill two miles distant from the bathing establishments, which are erected in a narrow ravine.

From Twixt France and Spain by Bilbrough, E. Ernest

Cauterets, a fashionable watering-place in the dep. of the Hautes-Pyrénées, 3250 ft. above the sea, with sulphurous springs of very ancient repute, 25 in number, and of varying temperature.

From The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge by Nuttall, P. Austin

SOULOM.—A small village at the foot of the peak of same name, in the Hautes-Pyrénées, near Pierrefitte, possessing a curious old church.

From Twixt France and Spain by Bilbrough, E. Ernest

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