Poitou

American

[pwa-too] / pwaˈtu /

noun

a region and former province in W France.
Gate of, a wide pass near Poitiers.

Poitou British

/ pwatu /

noun

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

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Alvance also has castings plant in Poitou and auto wheel plant in Diors.

From Reuters

The marquis here keeps a kennel of 70 hunting hounds — half English foxhound and half French Poitou.

From Seattle Times

We hid the car in a garage, believe it or not, belonging to a lovely and heroic old woman who lives by herself in a riverside villa on the Tours side of the Poitou.

From Literature

Neighbours there told France Bleu Poitou she came from a "really generous family".

From BBC

Today the beneficiaries are more likely to be in Poitou than in Paris.

From BBC

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