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Poi·tou (pwä-t

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A historical region of west-central France bordering on the Bay of Biscay. A part of the Roman province of Aquitania, it fell to the Visigoths (a.d. 418) and the Franks (507) and was frequently contested by France and England until the end of the Hundred Years' War, when it was incorporated into the French crown lands.

Poitou (French) [pwatu]

(Placename) a former province of W central France, on the Atlantic. Chief town: Poitiers

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

Poitou-Charentes

France, French Republic - a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe

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