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Poitou

Syllables: Poi·touUK/ˈpwɑːtuː/US/pwɑˈtu/

Poitou proper noun: 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.

Proper noun

Poitou

  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.

Origin of Poitou

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

Words that rhyme with Poitou

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Questions about Poitou

What does Poitou mean?
Poitou means 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.
What part of speech is Poitou?
Poitou is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Poitou?
Poitou is pronounced /ˈpwɑːtuː/ (UK).

Words near Poitou in the dictionary

  1. Poitevin
  2. poitevinite
  3. Poitevins
  4. Poitier
  5. Poitiers
  6. Poitou
  7. Poitou-Charentes
  8. Poitra
  9. Poitras
  10. poitrel
  11. poitrels

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