Poitou

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

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpwɑːtuː/, /ˈpwʌtuː/, enPR: pwäʹto͞o, pwŭtʹo͞o
• (US) IPA^(key): /pwɑˈtu/, enPR: pwä-to͞oʹ
• Rhymes: -uː
• Hyphenation: Poi‧tou

Poitou

2. 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.

• Poitevin
• poitevinite
• Poitiers

Inherited from Middle French, Old French, from Latin Pictāvus, after the Pictones, the Gaulish tribe inhabiting the region.

• IPA^(key): /pwa.tu/
• Rhymes: -u
• Hyphenation: Poi‧tou

Poitou m

1. Poitou (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)

Poitou m or f

1. a surname

• Poitou-Charentes

• poitevin
• Poitevin m, Poitevine f
• Poitiers