Savoy

From French Savoy, Savoie, from the Roman name, Late Latin Sapaudia. See sappinus (“type of fir”).

• IPA^(key): /səˈvɔɪ/

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Savoy

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

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.