savoyard
Etymology
From Italian savoiardo.
savoyard means the dialect spoken in Savoy (Savoie and Haute-Savoie in France, canton of Valais in Switzerland, and in the Italian region of Aosta). Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 85 out of 100.
name
- The dialect spoken in Savoy (Savoie and Haute-Savoie in France, canton of Valais in Switzerland, and in the Italian region of Aosta).
noun
- A native or inhabitant of Savoy, a cultural region, largely part of the modern administrative region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.“He is one of the Emperor’s French-speaking subjects, not a Spaniard but a Savoyard.”
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