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Poitiers.

A city, the capital of Vienne department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, France.

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name/ˈpwɑːtɪ.eɪ/UK/ˈpwʌtɪ.eɪ/UK/ˈpwɑti.eɪ/US/ˌpwɑtiˈeɪ/US
  1. A city, the capital of Vienne department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, France.

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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.

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  1. plural of Poitier

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