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.

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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)

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Example Sentences

He will go next to the Hautes-Pyrénées region in the southwest, where he will get a first on-the-ground sense of whether driving the French to vaccinate themselves is a winning step, or sets the country on course for what is known here as a “fracture sanitaire,” or health fracture, which could turn into a nasty break once people start being turned away from restaurants.

From New York Times

There have been short stages in the Tour de France before but few as critical as Wednesday’s 65km mountain stage from Bagnères-de-Luchon to the top of the Col de Portet in the Hautes-Pyrénées.

From The Guardian

The prefecture in the southwestern Hautes-Pyrenees region said the two skiers were part of a group of four Spanish tourists and a guide who were doing backcountry skiing Saturday in an off-piste area in Aragnouet, near the Spanish border.

From Seattle Times

The prefecture in the southern Hautes-Pyrenees region said the bodies of the three men were found a day after an avalanche struck on an off-piste sector at the Cauterets ski resort, close to the Spanish border.

From Washington Post

The prefecture in the southern Hautes-Pyrenees region said the bodies of the three men were found Thursday, a day after an avalanche struck on an off-piste sector at the Cauterets ski resort, close to the Spanish border.

From Seattle Times