Poitiers
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
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.
Pronunciation edit
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈpwɑːtɪ.eɪ/, /ˈpwʌtɪ.eɪ/, enPR: pwäʹtē-ā, pwŭtʹē-ā
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈpwɑti.eɪ/, /ˌpwɑtiˈeɪ/, enPR: pwäʹtē-ā, pwä'tē-āʹ
- Rhymes: -eɪ
- Hyphenation: Poi‧ti‧eh
Proper noun edit
Poitiers
- A city, the capital of the Vienne department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, France.
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Translations edit
city in Nouvelle Aquitaine, France
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Etymology 2 edit
Proper noun edit
Poitiers
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Middle French Poictiers, from Old French Peitiers, from Latin Pictāva, Pictāvium, Pictāvis, after the Pictones, the Gaulish tribe inhabiting the region.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Poitiers m
- Poitiers (a city, the capital of the Vienne department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France)
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Descendants edit
- English: Poitiers