What does "poitou" mean?

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 is a synonym for "poitou"?

Common synonyms include: geographic region, historic region, province, region.

Poitou

/pwɑˈtu/ name

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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.

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geographic region historic region province region

Antonyms

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nonregion nonterritory

Etymology

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

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