Savoy

See also: savoy

English

Etymology

From French Savoy, Savoie, from the Roman name, Late Latin Sapaudia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /səˈvɔɪ/
• Rhymes: -ɔɪ

Proper noun

Savoy

1. (historical) A historical region in western Europe, shared between the modern countries of France, Italy, and Switzerland.
2. English form of Savoie, a department in Rhône-Alpes, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.

Translations

a historical region of western Europe

• Armenian: Սավոյա (Savoya)
• 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
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• Greek: Σαβοΐα f (Savoḯa)
• Italian: Savoia f
• Japanese: サヴォワ (Savowa)
• Latin: Sapaudia f, Sabaudia f
• Norman: Savouaie f
• Occitan: Savòia f
• Portuguese: Savoia f, Saboia f
• Spanish: Saboya f

Noun

Savoy (countable and uncountable, plural Savoys)

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

Translations

Savoy cabbage — see Savoy cabbage