# Poitiers

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈpwɑːtɪ.eɪ/ · frequency rank #63,898

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

## Etymology
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.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/poitiers