Poitou

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

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.

Related terms

• Chasseneuil-du-Poitou
• Poitevin
• poitevinite
• Poitiers

Translations

historical region and former province in France

• Catalan: Poitou m

  Old Catalan: Piteu m, Peiteu m

• French: Poitou (fr) m
• Japanese: ポワトゥー (Powatū)
• Occitan: Peitau m
• Picard: Poétou m
• Poitevin-Saintongeais: Poetou m
• Polish: Poitou n, Piktawia (pl) f
• Russian: Пуату́ m (Puatú)
• Swedish: Poitou

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

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)

Proper noun

Poitou m or f

1. a surname

Derived terms

• Poitou-Charentes

Related terms

• poitevin
• Poitevin m, Poitevine f
• Poitiers