a province of the duchy of Savoy, in the kingdom of Sardinia, bounded on the north-west and north by the lake of Geneva, on the east by Switzerland, on the south-east by Faussigny, on the south-west by Genevois, and on the west by Geneva. Its extent is 1400 square miles, or 225,280 acres, and it comprehends two cities, sixty-three towns and villages, with 44,700 inhabitants.