Savoy

Common synonyms include: savoy cabbage, crinkled leaf cabbage, green savoy cabbage, savoie region, savoy region, savoyan.

/səˈvɔɪ/ name, noun

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Definitions

Noun

1
Savoy cabbage. countable, uncountable
2
Alternative letter-case form of Savoy (“type of cabbage”). alt-of
3
head of soft crinkly leaves wordnet
4
A member of an Italian noble family which became the ruling (hereditary) dynasty of Sardinia and later of Italy. countable, uncountable

Proper Noun

1
A historical region shared between the modern countries of France, Italy and Switzerland. historical
2
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. historical
3
Alternative form of Savoie: A department of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France. alt-of, alternative

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