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Artois

UK/ɑːˈtwɑː/US/ɑɹˈtwɑ/

Artois proper noun: a geographic region and former administrative region of France; since 2016, part of the region of Hauts-de-France.

Proper noun

Artois

  1. A geographic region and former administrative region of France; since 2016, part of the region of Hauts-de-France.
    • The chestnut was chestan ( O. Fr. chastaigne); the wild cherry, gean or guin (Fr. guigne), a word still in use, and the name of which may be derived from Guienne, notwithstanding a notion prevailing in the north that the blackaroon, or blacksherry, was originally brought from Guines, in Artois.1882, Francisque Michel, A Critical Inquiry Into the Scottish Language with the View of Illustrating the Rise and Progress of Civilisation in Scotland, page 61
  2. A census-designated place in Glenn County, California, United States.

Origin of Artois

Inherited from Middle English Artoys, from Middle French Artois, Artoys, from Old French Arteis, from Latin Atrebatēs; the modern pronunciation has been readjusted after modern French Artois.

Questions about Artois

What does Artois mean?
Artois means a geographic region and former administrative region of France; since 2016, part of the region of Hauts-de-France.
What part of speech is Artois?
Artois is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Artois?
Artois is pronounced /ɑːˈtwɑː/ (UK).

Words near Artois in the dictionary

  1. artocyonid
  2. artographer
  3. artographers
  4. artoi
  5. artoindonesianin
  6. Artois
  7. Artola
  8. Artolas
  9. artolater
  10. artolaters
  11. artolatry

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