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Haute-Savoie

American  
[oht-sa-vwah] / oʊt saˈvwɑ /

noun

  1. a department in E France. 1,775 sq. mi. (4,595 sq. km). Annecy.


Haute-Savoie British  
/ otsavwa /

noun

  1. a department of E France, in Rhône-Alpes region. Capital: Annecy. Pop: 663 810 (2003 est). Area: 4958 sq km (1934 sq miles)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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According to French newspaper la Provence, an investigation into a "commercial dispute" was opened by the Bonneville prosecutor's office in Haute-Savoie.

From BBC • May 14, 2025

"We will stick to our fiscal policy. We will continue lowering taxes for households and for businesses", Le Maire said during a visit to the Haute-Savoie department in the French Alps.

From Reuters • Aug. 24, 2023

The prosecutor’s office in Bonneville, in the Haute-Savoie region, said the body of a sixth person has been found after searches resumed on Monday morning.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 10, 2023

Shot in eerily beautiful locations in the Haute-Savoie, this philosophical, supernatural mystery-melodrama portrays the sudden reappearance of a mountain town’s formerly dead residents with a languorous rhythm and atmosphere to spare.

From New York Times • Dec. 20, 2019

Chamouni, or Chamonix, a village in the dep. of Haute-Savoie, 33 m.

From The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge by Nuttall, P. Austin

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