Savoy

See also: savoy

English

Etymology

From French Savoy, Savoie, from the Roman name, Late Latin Sapaudia. See sappinus (“type of fir”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /səˈvɔɪ/

• Audio (Midwestern US):

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• Rhymes: -ɔɪ

Proper noun

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Savoy

Wikipedia

Savoy

2. (historical) A historical region shared between the modern countries of France, Italy and Switzerland.
4. (historical) A former duchy existing from 1416 to 1847, whose maximal extent included parts of modern southeastern France, northwestern Italy, and southwestern Switzerland; in full, Duchy of Savoy.
5. Alternative form of Savoie: A department of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.

Derived terms

• Savoy blue
• Savoy cake
• Savoy disease

Translations

a historical region of western Europe

Armenian: Սավոյա (Savoya) Asturian: Saboya (ast) Catalan: Savoia f Corsican: Savoia f Czech: Savojsko n Danish: Savoyen c, Savojen c Dutch: Savooien Finnish: Savoiji Franco-Provençal: Savouè f French: Savoie (fr) f German: Savoyen (de) n Greek: Σαβοΐα (el) f (Savoḯa) Hungarian: Savoya Italian: Savoia f, Sabaudia f Japanese: サヴォワ (Savowa) Latin: Sapaudia f, Sabaudia f Lithuanian: Savoja f Marathi: सव्हॉय (savhŏy) Norman: Savouaie f Occitan: Savòia f Polish: Sabaudia (pl) f Portuguese: Savoia f, Saboia f Sicilian: Savoja f Spanish: Saboya f Swedish: Savojen

Noun

Savoy (countable and uncountable, plural Savoys)

1. Savoy cabbage.
2. A member of an Italian noble family which became the ruling (hereditary) dynasty of Sardinia and later of Italy.

Translations

Savoy cabbage — see Savoy cabbage