Poitou

American  

[pwa-too] / pwaˈtu /

noun

1. a region and former province in W France.

2. Gate of, a wide pass near Poitiers.

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Poitou British  

/ pwatu /

noun

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

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Example Sentences

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

Once there were elm trees lining both sides of the Poitou here—nothing but stumps now, because over the last three years they’ve all been cut down for firewood.

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