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Savoy

1
a noble family of Italy that ruled over the duchy of Savoy and became the royal house of Italy (1861--1946): the oldest reigning dynasty in Europe before the dissolution of the Italian monarchy

Savoy

2
an area of SE France, bordering on Italy, mainly in the Savoy Alps: a duchy in the late Middle Ages and part of the Kingdom of Sardinia from 1720 to 1860, when it became part of France
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Savoy

sumptuous hotel in London; at the time of its opening, it set new standards of luxury. [Br. Hist.: EB, 8: 1118]
See: Luxury
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Haut Savoyard grub is hearty peasant fare - mainly based on melted cheese, potatoes and ham - which always hits the spot.
It contains many photographs not found elsewhere of important Savoyards and international Gilbert and Sullivan productions.
Next come actual souvenirs of that fateful night: the ladders used by the attacking Savoyards for their ascent (escalade) of the city walls and the blackened armor they wore to conceal their approach to the city.
On the one hand, the Savoyard principality, situated on both sides of the Alps, looked toward France, the Empire, and Italy, which were also the main centers of interest of papal diplomacy.
THE Mid Glamorgan Savoyards will be performing Gilbert and Sullivan's HMS Pinafore in aid of two South Wales charities.
The original castle, of which only one tower remains, fell into the hands of the Savoyards in the 13th century, just about the time they were expanding their vineyards along with their power.
They range from the great courts of Valois and Bourbon France, Habsburg Spain and the Holy Roman Empire, Tudor and Stuart England, and the too often neglected court of the popes in Rome, to the lesser courts of the Medici, Wittelsbachs, and Savoyards, which, though politically less powerful, were among the leading cultural centres of their age.
Graham is a member of the West Yorkshire Savoyards - so named because The Savoy Theatre was home to Gilbert and Sullivan - and has produced for Huddersfield Gilbert & Sullivan Society for the past decade.
CLASSICAL Birmingham Savoyards present The Pirates Of Penzance by Gilbert and Sullivan: Old Rep, Birmingham.
He leads an all-star cast of Savoyards in a semi-staged concert performance of the hilarious masterpiece.