Poitou

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A geographic region and former province of France, whose capital was Poitiers; now split between the administrative regions of Nouvelle-Aquitaine and Pays de la Loire.

Pronunciation

/ˈpwɑːtuː/ /ˈpwʌtuː/ pwäʹto͞o pwŭtʹo͞o /pwɑˈtu/ pwä-to͞oʹ

Word forms

Poitou

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French Poitou, ultimately from Latin Pictāvus, after the Pictones, the Gaulish tribe inhabiting the region.

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