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Marseilles
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English
Etymology
From en fro Marseilles nominative of fro Marseille, from en la Massilia, la Marsilia, from en grc Μασσαλία, probably from a pre-Latin language of Italy, perhaps en xlg - lij mas spring.
Pronunciation
en /mɑː(ɹ)ˈseɪ/ dated for the French city, standard for the Illinois city /mɑː(ɹ)ˈseɪlz/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Marseilles.wav Southern England
en eɪ eɪlz 2
Proper noun
en @alt spell:Marseille capital city dept/Bouches-du-Rhône c/France ; capital city r:pref/Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.
en Everybody Comes to Rick’s: “Casablanca” on the Big Screen David Denby March 19, 2012 https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/everybody-comes-to-ricks-casablanca-on-the-big-screen w:The New Yorker We see documentary footage (the trudging homeless) and an animated map—an inky line movies from Paris to Marseilles, from there to Oran, and finally to Casablanca, where the lucky ones escape via Lisbon and the rest “wait…and wait…and wait.” https://web.archive.org/web/20260910150409/https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/everybody-comes-to-ricks-casablanca-on-the-big-screen 10 September 2026
en city co/LaSalle County in northern s/Illinois c/USA.
Derived terms
en Marseilles fever Marseilles vinegar Marseilles soap
Noun
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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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