POITIERS

Meaning of POITIERS in English

Variant: or formerly Poic · tiers

Pronunciation: pwä- ' ty ā , ' pwä-t ē - ˌ ā

Function: geographical name

city W cen France SW of Tours pop 83,507

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary. Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка. 2012

POITIERS — or formerly Poictiers geographical name city W central France SW of Tours population 82,507
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POITIERS — /pwann tyay"/ , n. a city in and the capital of Vienne, in W France: Roman ruins; battles A.D. 507, …
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POITIERS — or formerly Poic·tiers pwä-ˈtyā, ˈpwä-tē-ˌā city W central France SW of Tours population 82,507
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POITIERS — town, capital of Vienne dpartement, Poitou-Charentes region, west central France, southwest of Paris. Situated on high ground at the confluence …
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POITIERS — Poitiers BrE AmE ˈpwɑːt i eɪ ˈpwɒt- AmE ˌpwɑːt̬ i ˈeɪ —French [ pwa tje \]
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POITIERS, BATTLE OF — (September 19, 1356) Catastrophic defeat of the French king John II in the Hundred Years' War between France and England. …
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HILARY OF POITIERS — Saint , A.D. c300-368, French bishop and theologian. French, Hilaire de Poitiers /ee lerdd" deuh pwann tyay"/ .
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POITIERS, UNIVERSITY OF — French Universit De Poitiers, coeducational, autonomous state institution of higher learning in Poitiers, Fr. Founded in 1970 under a law …
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POITIERS, BATTLE OF — (Sept. 19, 1356), the catastrophic defeat sustained by the French king John II at the end of the first phase …
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HILARY OF POITIERS, SAINT — born c. 315, Poitiers, Gaul died c. 367, Poitiers; feast day January 13 Latin Hilarius Gallo-Roman doctor of the church …
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POITIERS, BATTLE OF — (September 19, 1356) Catastrophic defeat of the French king John II in the Hundred Years' War between France and England. …
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MARTIN OF TOURS, SAINT — born с 316, Sabaria, Pannonia died Nov. 8, 397, Candes, Gaul; Western feast day, November 11; Eastern feast day November …
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BATTLE — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Actium Battle of Adrianople Battle of Battle of Hadrianopolis Adwa Battle of Battle of …
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WILLIAM IX — born Oct. 22, 1071 died Feb. 10, 1127, Poitiers, Fr. medieval troubadour, count of Poitiers and duke of Aquitaine and …
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VIENNE — dpartement, Poitou-Charentes rgion, west-central France. It was created mainly from the historic province of Poitou (q.v.), and from neighbouring parts …
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TOURS, BATTLE OF — also called Battle of Poitiers (October 732), victory won by Charles Martel, the de facto ruler of the Frankish kingdoms, …
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TOURS — city, capital of Indre-et-Loire dpartement, Centre region, west central France, on the Loire River. It is the chief tourist centre …
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RAYMOND — born 1099 died June 28, 1149 byname Raymond Of Poitiers, French Raimond De Poitiers prince of Antioch (113649) who successfully …
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RADEGUNDA, SAINT — died Aug. 13, 587, Poitiers [now in France]; feast day August 13 also spelled Radegund, or Radegundis, French Sainte Radegonde …
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POITOU-CHARENTES — rgion, western France, encompassing the dpartements of Vienne, Charente, Charente-Maritime, and Deux-Svres. The capital is Poitiers. The region has an …
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POITOU — historical and cultural region of west-central France, encompassing the dpartements of Vende, Deux-Svres, and Vienne and coextensive with the former …
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MARTIN OF TOURS, SAINT — born AD 316, , Sabaria, Pannonia [now Szombathely, Hung.] died Nov. 8, 397, Candes, Gaul ; Western feast day, November …
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LOUIS I — born April 16, 778, Chasseneuil, near Poitiers, Aquitaine [now in France] died June 20, 840, Petersau, an island in the …
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JOHN II — born , Rome died May 8, 535, Rome original name Mercurius pope from 533 to 535 and the first pontiff …
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FORTUNATUS, VENANTIUS — born c. 540, , Treviso, near Venice died c. 600, , Poitiers, Aquitaine in full Venantius Honorius Clementianus Fortunatus poet …
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ELEANOR OF AQUITAINE — born c. 1122 died April 1, 1204, Fontevrault, Anjou, Fr. also called Eleanor Of Guyenne, French lonore, or Alinor, D'aquitaine, …
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EDWARD THE BLACK PRINCE — born June 15, 1330, Woodstock, Oxfordshire, Eng. died June 8, 1376, Westminster, near London also called Edward Of Woodstock, Prince …
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AQUITAINE — rgion encompassing the dpartements of Dordogne, Gironde, Landes, Lot-et-Garonne, and Pyrnes-Atlantiques in southwestern France. It is roughly coextensive with the …
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