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/

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• Rhymes: -ɔɪ

Proper noun

Savoy

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