artois

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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

Scrabble points: 6
Words With Friends: 6
Letters: 6

Pronunciation

/ɑːˈtwɑː/

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/ɑːˈtwɑː/ · /ɑɹˈtwɑ/

Definition of artois

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

name

A geographic region and former administrative region of France; since 2016, part of the region of Hauts-de-France.

“The chestnut was chestan ( O. Fr. chastaigne); the wild cherry, gean or guin (Fr. guigne), a word still in use, and the name of which may be derived from Guienne, notwithstanding a notion prevailing in the north that the blackaroon, or blacksherry, was originally brought from Guines, in Artois.”

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A geographic region and former administrative region of France; since 2016, part of the region of Hauts-de-France.

“The chestnut was chestan ( O. Fr. chastaigne); the wild cherry, gean or guin (Fr. guigne), a word still in use, and the name of which may be derived from Guienne, notwithstanding a notion prevailing in the north that the blackaroon, or blacksherry, was originally brought from Guines, in Artois.”
A census-designated place in Glenn County, California, United States.

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Etymology

Inherited from Middle English Artoys, from Middle French Artois, Artoys, from Old French Arteis, from Latin Atrebatēs; the modern pronunciation has been readjusted after modern French Artois.

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