Feminine
Savoie
- (feminine) Savoie (a department of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France)
- (feminine, historical) Savoy (a historical region shared between the modern countries of France, Italy and Switzerland)
- (feminine, historical) Savoy (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)
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/sa.vwa/
Etymology
From the Roman name, Late Latin Sapaudia, Sabaudia, referring to fir trees; see sappinus (“type of fir”).
Related words
chou de Savoie
Savoia
Saboya
Savoyen
Savoye
Savoia
Savòia Sabaudia
Savooien
Sabóia
Sapaudia
Σαβοΐα
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