Savoie

[ sa-vwa ]

noun

1. a department in E France. 2,389 sq. mi. (6,185 sq. km). : Chambéry.
2. French name of Savoy.

Savoie

/ savwa /

noun

1. a department of E France, in Rhône-Alpes region. Capital: Chambéry. Pop: 386 246 (2003 est). Area: 6188 sq km (2413 sq miles)
2. See Savoy
   the French name for Savoy 1

Example Sentences

There, a special permit is required to keep that species of snake; Savoie did not have one.

From The Daily Beast

"If they want to castrate them, that's fine," says Debbie Savoie, vice president of the Massachusetts group Community Voices.

From The Daily Beast

Louise de Savoie's diary is the authority for this date, though probably she was not present, for she had been ill.

From Project Gutenberg

The Savoie project had failed under painful conditions, which gave subject of thought to the courtiers.

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Naturally, M. de Savoie is a better match than formerly; his mother is dead.

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The check in regard to the Savoie marriage had brought on a painful crisis in the life of this poor unattached heroine.

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A similar institution is found even to-day in France, in certain villages of Haute-Savoie.

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