Savoie

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French Savoie.

Proper noun

Savoie

2. A department of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France. Capital: Chambéry (INSEE code 73).

Derived terms

• Haute-Savoie

Translations

department of France

• French: Savoie (fr) f
• Marathi: साव्हवा (sāvhavā)
• Occitan: Savòia f
• Sardinian: Savoja f
• Spanish: Saboya f

See also

• Savoyard
• savoyard

French

Etymology

From the Roman name, Late Latin Sapaudia, Sabaudia, referring to fir trees; see sappinus (“type of fir”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa.vwa/

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Proper noun

Savoie f

1. Savoie (a department of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France)
2. (historical) Savoy (a historical region shared between the modern countries of France, Italy and Switzerland)
3. (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

• Haute-Savoie

References

• University of Chicago Press (1918): Modern Philology, Volume 15