SAVOY
What does "SAVOY" mean?
A variety of cabbage with crinkled, curly leaves, often used in cooking.
Meanings
- A hardy cabbage with wrinkled, deeply puckered leaves (savoy cabbage). She shredded the savoy and folded it into the soup.
- A historic region and former duchy in the western Alps, between France and Italy. The House of Savoy ruled the region for centuries before Italian unification.
Did you know?
- The savoy cabbage is named after a real Alpine duchy: Savoy, whose ruling House of Savoy went on to supply the kings of a unified Italy from 1861 until 1946.
Word origin
From Savoy, the Alpine region (French 'Savoie', Latin 'Sapaudia'); the cabbage is named for the area where this crinkled variety was associated with cultivation.
Remember it
SAVOY ends in 'OY' - picture the crinkled cabbage and an Alpine duke saying 'oy, that's my region.'
A little poem
Leaves gone over like a folded map,
each ridge an Alp the frost has tried to wrap-
a duchy you could simmer in a pot.
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Wordplay
- The cabbage and the Alpine duchy share a name - so technically my soup contains royalty.
What it teaches
A humble thing often carries an old name; trace the ordinary back far enough and you find a kingdom.
Quick facts
What does SAVOY mean?
A variety of cabbage with crinkled, curly leaves, often used in cooking.
Is SAVOY a valid word?
Yes — SAVOY is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is SAVOY?
SAVOY has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does SAVOY come from?
From Savoy, the Alpine region (French 'Savoie', Latin 'Sapaudia'); the cabbage is named for the area where this crinkled variety was associated with cultivation.
What can SAVOY teach us?
A humble thing often carries an old name; trace the ordinary back far enough and you find a kingdom.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.