Poitiers

//ˈpwɑti.eɪ// name

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A city, the capital of Vienne department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, France.
  2. 2
    plural of Poitier form-of, plural

Synonyms

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battlebattle of poitiers

Etymology

Etymology 1

Directly borrowed from French Poitiers, Middle French Poictiers, from Old French Peitiers, from Latin Pictāva, Pictāvium, Pictāvis, after the Pictones, the Gaulish tribe inhabiting the region.

Etymology 2

From Poitier + -s.

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nouvelle aquitaine

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