savoy

plural savoys

1. Alternative letter-case form of Savoy (“type of cabbage”).

1. historicalA historical region shared between the modern countries of France, Italy and Switzerland.
2. historicalA 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.
3. alternativeAlternative form of Savoie: A department of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.
4. A place in the United States:
   1. An unincorporated community in Litteral Township, Washington County, Arkansas.
   2. A village in Champaign County, Illinois, named after Princess Maria Clotilde of Savoy.
   3. A town in Berkshire County, Massachusetts.
   4. A minor city in Fannin County, Texas.
   5. A ghost town in the town of Maxville, Buffalo County, Wisconsin.

plural Savoys

1. countableuncountableSavoy cabbage.
2. countableuncountableA member of an Italian noble family which became the ruling (hereditary) dynasty of Sardinia and later of Italy.