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Poitou

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Poi·tou  (pwä-t)
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]
n
(Placename) a former province of W central France, on the Atlantic. Chief town: Poitiers
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Noun1.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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At Poitou, you can risk nothing, except the chance of catching the fevers prevalent there; and even of them, the so-called wizards of the country will cure you, for the sake of your pistoles.
The Man in the Iron Mask by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
You have heard me speak of my cousine de Maisonrouge, that grande belle femme, who, after having married, en secondes noces--there had been, to tell the truth, some irregularity about her first union--a venerable relic of the old noblesse of Poitou, was left, by the death of her husband, complicated by the indulgence of expensive tastes on an income of 17,000 francs, on the pavement of Paris, with two little demons of daughters to bring up in the path of virtue.
A Bundle of Letters by James, Henry View in context
Further back are knights from Quercy, Limousin, Saintonge, Poitou, and Aquitaine, with the valiant Sir Guiscard d'Angle.
The White Company by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan View in context
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