POITOU

Meaning of POITOU in English

Pronunciation: pwä- ' tü

Function: geographical name

region & former province W France SE of Brittany capital Poitiers

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

POITOU — geographical name region & former province W France SE of Brittany capital Poitiers
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
POITOU — Historical region, western central France. It was bounded by Brittany , Anjou , Touraine , Marche, and the Atlantic Ocean. …
Английский словарь Британика
POITOU — /pwann tooh"/ , n. 1. a region and former province in W France. 2. Gate of , a wide pass …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
POITOU — geographical name region & former province W France SE of Brittany capital Poitiers
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
POITOU — historical and cultural region of west-central France, encompassing the dpartements of Vende, Deux-Svres, and Vienne and coextensive with the former …
Britannica English vocabulary
POITOU — Historical region, western central France. It was bounded by Brittany , Anjou , Touraine , Marche, and the Atlantic Ocean. …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
POITOU — n геогр. ист. Пуату
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
POITOU — сущ.; геогр.; истор.Пуату (историческая область Франции)
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
POITOU — (0) пуату
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
POITOU — n геогр. ист. Пуату
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
POITOU — n геогр. ист. Пуату
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
POITOU — сущ. ; геогр. ; ист. Пуату ( историческая область Франции )
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
POITOU — сущ.; геогр.; ист. Пуату (историческая область Франции)
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
POITOU — пров. Пуату Пуату
Англо-Русский географический словарь
POITOU-CHARENTES — rgion, western France, encompassing the dpartements of Vienne, Charente, Charente-Maritime, and Deux-Svres. The capital is Poitiers. The region has an …
Britannica English vocabulary
AGNES OF POITOU — born c. 1024 died Dec. 14, 1077, Rome also called Agnes Of Aquitaine, French Agns De Poitou, or Agns D'aquitaine …
Britannica English vocabulary
ANGOUMOIS — geographical name region & former duchy & province W France S of Poitou capital Angoulême
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
RICHELIEU, ARMAND-JEAN DU PLESSIS, CARDINAL AND DUKE DE — born Sept. 9, 1585, Richelieu, Poitou, France died Dec. 4, 1642, Paris French statesman and chief minister to Louis XIII …
Английский словарь Британика
RABELAIS, FRANÇOIS — born с 1494, Poitou, France died probably April 9, 1553, Paris French writer and priest. After apparently studying law, he …
Английский словарь Британика
PHILIP II — I French Philippe known as Philip Augustus born Aug. 21, 1165, Paris died July 14, 1223, Mantes French king (1179–1223). …
Английский словарь Британика
MAINTENON, FRANÇOISE D'AUBIGNÉ, MARCHIONESS DE — known as Madame de Maintenon (baptized Nov. 28, 1635, Niort, Poitou, France died April 15, 1719, Saint-Cyr) Second wife of …
Английский словарь Британика
ANGOUMOIS — geographical name region & former duchy & province W France S of Poitou capital Angoulême
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
VIENNE — dpartement, Poitou-Charentes rgion, west-central France. It was created mainly from the historic province of Poitou (q.v.), and from neighbouring parts …
Britannica English vocabulary
POITIERS — town, capital of Vienne dpartement, Poitou-Charentes region, west central France, southwest of Paris. Situated on high ground at the confluence …
Britannica English vocabulary
NIORT — town, capital of Deux-Svres dpartement, Poitou-Charentes rgion, western France. The town lies on the slopes of two hills facing one …
Britannica English vocabulary
MAINTENON, FRANOISE D'AUBIGN, MARQUISE DE — ( (marchioness of), ) byname Madame De Maintenon, also called (165275) Franoise Scarron, ne Franoise D'aubign (baptized Nov. 28, 1635, …
Britannica English vocabulary
LUSIGNAN FAMILY — noble family of Poitou (a province of western France) that provided numerous crusaders and kings of Jerusalem, Cyprus, and Lesser …
Britannica English vocabulary
LOUIS VIII — born Sept. 5, 1187, Paris died Nov. 8, 1226, Montpensier, Auvergne, Fr. byname Louis The Lion, or The Lion-heart, French …
Britannica English vocabulary
DEUX-SVRES — dpartement, Poitou-Charentes region, western France, separated from the Bay of Biscay to the west by Vende dpartement and to the …
Britannica English vocabulary
CHARENTE-MARITIME — formerly (until 1941) Charente-infrieure, dpartement, Poitou-Charentes rgion, western France, comprising the ancient provinces of Saintonge (in part) and Aunis and …
Britannica English vocabulary
NOBLE — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a noble cause (= an aim that is morally good ) ▪ He died …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
MAGNATE — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE great ▪ Capetian successes in Poitou and Aquitaine were heavily dependent upon the volatile …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary

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