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Poitou

poi·tou

UK/ˈpwɑːtuː/ US/ˈpwʌtuː/ uncommon

noun

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a low-lying region of west central France on the Bay of Biscay

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

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