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Savoyard¹

Where it comes from

Borrowed from French Savoyard.

noun Savoyards

  1. 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.

proper noun

  1. The dialect spoken in Savoy (Savoie and Haute-Savoie in France, canton of Valais in Switzerland, and in the Italian region of Aosta).

savoyard²

Where it comes from

From Italian savoiardo.

noun savoyardi · savoyards

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"savoyard." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/savoyard. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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savoyard. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/savoyard

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"savoyard." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/savoyard.

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@misc{savoyard_2026,
  title = {savoyard},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/savoyard},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}