Savoie
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Savoie
- A department of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France. Capital: Chambéry (INSEE code 73).
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]department of France
See also
[edit]French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From the Roman name, Late Latin Sapaudia, Sabaudia, referring to fir trees; see sappinus (“type of fir”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Savoie f
- Savoie (a department of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France)
- (historical) Savoy (a historical region shared between the modern countries of France, Italy and Switzerland)
- (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)
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- University of Chicago Press (1918): Modern Philology, Volume 15
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- en:Savoie, France
- en:Departments of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
- en:Places in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
- en:Places in France
- French terms inherited from Late Latin
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- French 2-syllable words
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- fr:Savoie, France
- fr:Departments of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
- fr:Places in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
- fr:Places in France
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- fr:Geographic and cultural areas of France
- fr:Geographic and cultural areas of Italy
- fr:Geographic and cultural areas of Switzerland
- fr:Places in Italy
- fr:Places in Switzerland
- fr:Former polities