POITOU-CHARENTES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Poitou-Charentes mean? 

• POITOU-CHARENTES (noun)
  The noun POITOU-CHARENTES has 1 sense:

1. a low-lying region of west central France on the Bay of Biscay

  Familiarity information: POITOU-CHARENTES used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• POITOU-CHARENTES (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A low-lying region of west central France on the Bay of Biscay

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Poitou; Poitou-Charentes

Instance hypernyms:

French region (a geographical subdivision of France)

Holonyms ("Poitou-Charentes" is a part of...):

France; French Republic (a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe)

 Context examples 

According to the IMERG calculations, those areas include the regions of eastern Britanny, south through Pays De La Louire, Poitou-Charentes, Limousin.

(France's Flooding Rains Examined by NASA’s IMERG, NASA)