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Artois.

a former county of the Kingdom of France, in what is now northern France

6 characters2 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

name/aʁ.twa/
  1. a former county of the Kingdom of France, in what is now northern France

    historical · masculine
  2. a former state in the Holy Roman Empire, in what is now northern France

    historical · masculine
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old French Arteis, from Latin Atrebatēs (pagus Atrebatensis), referring to a pre-Roman Gallo-Germanic tribe in northwestern Gaul.

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