Savoie

[ sa-vwa ]

/ saˈvwa /

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noun

a department in E France. 2,389 sq. mi. (6,185 sq. km). Capital: Chambéry.

French name of Savoy.

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How to use Savoie in a sentence

During the warmer months, the slopes and valleys of the Savoie are carpeted with grass and wildflowers.
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When visiting France’s Savoie region, Nathan fell in love with the concept of imbuing cheese with an essence of the local environment.
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Both trails were on the eastern side of Montagne-du-Chat, in the Savoie region of France.
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There, a special permit is required to keep that species of snake; Savoie did not have one.
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"If they want to castrate them, that's fine," says Debbie Savoie, vice president of the Massachusetts group Community Voices.
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Louise de Savoie's diary is the authority for this date, though probably she was not present, for she had been ill.
Mary Tudor, Queen of France|Mary Croom Brown
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.
Louis XIV and La Grande Mademoiselle|Arvede Barine
The check in regard to the Savoie marriage had brought on a painful crisis in the life of this poor unattached heroine.
Louis XIV and La Grande Mademoiselle|Arvede Barine
A similar institution is found even to-day in France, in certain villages of Haute-Savoie.
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British Dictionary definitions for Savoie

Savoie

/ (French savwa) /

noun

a department of E France, in Rhône-Alpes region. Capital: Chambéry. Pop: 386 246 (2003 est). Area: 6188 sq km (2413 sq miles)

the French name for Savoy 1

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