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Poitiers

poi·tiers

UK/ˈpwɑːtɪ.eɪ/ US/ˈpwʌtɪ.eɪ/ rare

noun

1.

the battle in 1356 in which the English under the Black Prince defeated the French

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Origin

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.

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