Poitou-Charentes

English

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French Poitou-Charentes, after the historical regions of Poitou and Charente.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌpwɑːtuː ʃaˈɹɒnt/, /ˌpwʌtuː ʃaˈɹɒnt/, enPR: pwä'to͞o shă-rŏntʹ, pwŭt'o͞o shă-rŏntʹ
• (US) IPA^(key): /pwɑˌtu ʃɑˈɹɑnt/, enPR: pwä-to͞o' shä-räntʹ
• Rhymes: -ɒnt
• Hyphenation: Poi‧tou-Cha‧rentes

Proper noun

Poitou-Charentes

1. A former administrative region of France; since 2016 part of the administrative region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Capital: Poitiers.

Translations

former region of France

• Amharic: ፗቱ-ሻራንት (pʷatu-šarant)
• Arabic: بواتو شارنت (bwātū shārint)
• Catalan: Peitau-Xarantes m, Poitou-Charentes m
• Corsican: Poitou-Charentes m
• French: Poitou-Charentes (fr) m
• Italian: Poitou-Charentes m
• Japanese: ポワトゥー＝シャラント (Powatū-Sharanto)
• Marathi: प्वाटु-शारांट m (pvāṭu-śārāṇṭa)
• Occitan: Peitau-Charantas m, Peitau e Charantas m
• Picard: Poétou-Charintes m
• Poitevin-Saintongeais: Poetou-Chérentes m
• Russian: Пуату́ — Шара́нта m (Puatú — Šaránta)

French

Etymology

Compound of Poitou +‎ Charentes (pluralized form of Charente), the names of two historical regions.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pwa.tu.ʃa.ʁɑ̃t/
• Rhymes: -ɑ̃t

• Audio (Paris):

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Proper noun

le Poitou-Charentes m

1. Poitou-Charentes (a former administrative region of France; since 2016 part of the administrative region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine)

Related terms

• pictocharentais
• Picto-Charentais m, Picto-Charentaise f