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Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
name
Alternative spelling of Marseille: the capital city of Bouches-du-Rhône department, France; the capital city of the region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
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name
A city in LaSalle County, in northern Illinois, United States.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A kind of fabric made from two series of threads interlacing each other, thus forming a double cloth, quilted in the loom.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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noun
a port city in southeastern France on the Mediterranean
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Marseille
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Broader terms: city, metropolis, urban center, port
History
From Old French Marseilles (nominative of Marseille), from Latin Massilia, Marsilia, from Ancient Greek Μασσαλία (Massalía), probably from a pre-Latin language of Italy, perhaps Ancient Ligurian mas (“spring”).
