Marseilles

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From French Marseille, from Latin Massilia, Marsilia, from Ancient Greek Μασσαλία (Massalía), probably from a pre-Latin language of Italy, perhaps Ancient Ligurian mas (“spring”). The r was probably retained from Arabic مَرْسَى‎ (marsā, “harbor”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mɑː(ɹ)ˈseɪ(l)(z)/
  • Rhymes: -eɪlz

Proper noun

Marseilles

  1. City in France, capital of the department Bouches-du-Rhône.

Translations

Noun

Marseilles (uncountable)

  1. A kind of fabric made from two series of threads interlacing each other, thus forming a double cloth, quilted in the loom.
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