Syllable division derived from spelling — this word is not in the pronouncing dictionary, so no phonetic transcription is shown rather than a guessed one.
poitou-charentes is a noun meaning "a low-lying region of west central France on the Bay of Biscay". It carries one recorded sense.
a low-lying region of west central France on the Bay of Biscay
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for poitou-charentes come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.