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Ar⋅tois

  [ar-twah]
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–noun
a former province in N France: artesian wells.
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Ar·tois   (är-twä')   
A historical region and former province of northern France near the English Channel between Picardy and Flanders. It was ruled at various times by Flanders, Burgundy, Austria, and Spain.
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Artois

historic and cultural region encompassing most of the northern French departement of Pas-de-Calais and coextensive with the former province of Artois.

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Encyclopedia Britannica, 2008. Encyclopedia Britannica Online.
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