Savoie

English

Etymology

From French Savoie.

Proper noun

Savoie

1. A département (number 73) in the région of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France. Capital: Chambéry.

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. Savoy (a historical region in France)

Derived terms

• Haute-Savoie

References

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