Alpes-de-Haute-Provence

Alpes-de-Haute-Provence

2. A department of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France. Capital: Digne-les-Bains (INSEE code 04).

• IPA^(key): /al.p(ə).də.ot.pʁɔ.vɑ̃s/

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Alpes-de-Haute-Provence f pl (plural only)

1. Alpes-de-Haute-Provence (a department of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France)

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Unadapted borrowing from French Alpes-de-Haute-Provence.

Alpes-de-Haute-Provence m pl (plural only)

1. (proscribed) alternative form of Alpes da Alta Provença: Alpes-de-Haute-Provence (a department of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France)
   • 2015 April 4, Reuters, “França encerra busca por corpos em local de queda de avião [France ends search for bodies at plane crash site]”, in Terra‎^[1], archived from the original on 5 April 2015, Notícias, Mundo, Europa [News, World, Europe]:

     "A busca por corpos foi terminada, mas a busca por pertences das vítimas continua", disse o porta-voz da autoridade do governo local na região de Alpes-de-Haute-Provence à Reuters.

     “The search for bodies has been completed, but the search for the victims' belongings continues,” a spokesman for the local government authority in the region of Alpes-de-Haute-Provence told Reuters.

   • 2015 March 24, “Avião fez pedido de socorro antes de cair nos Alpes [Plane made distress call before crashing in the Alps]”, in Diário Digital do SAPO, (available only in a corpus):

     O avião Airbus A320 da companhia Germanwings fez um pedido de socorro antes de se despenhar perto do município de Prads-Haute-Bléone, no departamento de Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, indicou a direcção geral da Aviação Civil francesa em comunicado.

     The Germanwings Airbus A320 made a distress call before crashing near the town of Prads-Haute-Bléone, in the department of Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, the French Directorate General for Civil Aviation said in a statement.

   • 2017 May 9, Agencia Efe, “Avalanche de neve deixa 3 mortos nos Alpes franceses [Snow avalanche leaves 3 dead in the French Alps]”, in UOL (Universo Online)‎^[2], Notícias [News]:

     O departamento de Savoie se encontra em alerta amarelo para avalanches, assim como outros na região dos Alpes, como Haute-Savoie, Hautes-Alpes, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence e Alpes-Maritimes.

     The department of Savoie is on yellow alert for avalanches, as are others in the Alps region, such as Haute-Savoie, Hautes-Alpes, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, and Alpes-Maritimes.

The Portuguese-Language Orthographic Agreement of 1990 recommends the use of nativized placenames (instead of unadapted borrowings or partial calques) if these are established in the language. As such, the form Alpes da Alta Provença is preferred.