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Poitiers
//ˈpwɑti.eɪ// name
Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 A city, the capital of Vienne department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, France.
- 2 plural of Poitier form-of, plural
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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