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Belleville
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English
Etymology
From en Belle ville.
French commune From en fr Belleville, derived from fr belle vue beautiful view.
neighbourhood of Paris From en fr Belleville, literally “beautiful town”.
city in Ontario Renamed in honour of Lady Annabella Gore after an 1816 visit with her husband, Francis Gore.
Pronunciation
In English usually en /ˈbɛlˌvɪl/, sometimes en /ˈbɛlvəl/; sometimes en /ˌbɛlˈvil/ when approximation of the French is used.
Proper noun
~ s
en.
en neighborhood city/Bouaké r/Gbêke dist/Vallée du Bandama c/Ivory Coast.
en village r/Haut-Sassandra dist/Sassandra-Marahoué c/Ivory Coast.
en Q815949en neighborhood city/Paris c/France.
en Q1060182en commune in dept/Meurthe-et-Moselle r/Grand Est c/France.
en Q1092608en former commune in dept/Deux-Sèvres r/Nouvelle-Aquitaine c/France since 2018 part of the commune of Plaine-d'Argenson.
en Q583071en former commune in dept/Rhône r/Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes c/France since 2019 part of the commune of Belleville-en-Beaujolais.
en community c/Ireland.
en community p/New Brunswick c/Canada.
en community p/Nova Scotia c/Canada.
en city/county seat co/Hastings County p/Ontario c/Canada.
en number of places c/USA:
en town co/Yell County s/Arkansas.
en ghost town co/San Bernardino County s/California.
en city/county seat co/St. Clair County s/Illinois.
en small city/county seat co/Republic County s/Kansas.
en city co/Wayne County s/Michigan.
en ucomm co/Jasper County s/Missouri.
en ghost town co/Mineral County s/Nevada.
en township co/Essex County s/New Jersey. TopoZone: Belleville, New Jersey
en hamlet/and/census-designated place town:pref/Ellisburg co/Jefferson County s/New York.
en census-designated place co/Mifflin County s/Pennsylvania.
en ucomm co/Lincoln County s/Tennessee.
en ucomm city:pref/Suffolk s/Virginia.
en unincorporated community co/Wood County s/West Virginia, also spelt Belville.
en village co/Dane County and co/Green County s/Wisconsin.
Derived terms
en Belleville boiler
en Belleville washer
References