Marseille

From French Marseille (supplanting earlier Marseilles, derived from the Old French nominative form), 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”).

• IPA^(key): /mɑː(ɹ)ˈseɪ/
• Rhymes: -eɪ

Marseille

1. The capital city of the Bouches-du-Rhône department, France; capital city of the region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.

• Marseilles

• Marseille soap

• Massiliote
• Marseillaise

Borrowed from French Marseille. This surname is mostly found in Haiti.

• IPA^(key): /mɑː(ɹ)ˈseɪ/, /mɑː(ɹ)ˈseɪl/
• Rhymes: -eɪ, -eɪl

Marseille (plural Marseilles)

1. A surname from French.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Marseille is the 34758^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 650 individuals. Marseille is most common among Black/African American (90.46%) individuals.

• Marseille, Marseilles at Google Ngram Viewer
• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Marseille”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 522.

• IPA^(key): [ˈmarsɛj]

Marseille f (related adjective marseilleský or marseillský, demonym Marseillan, female demonym Marseillanka)

1. Marseille (the capital city of the Bouches-du-Rhône department, France; capital city of the region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur)

• Marseille in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
• Marseille in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

From the Latin Massilia, Marsilia, Massalia, from Ancient Greek Μασσαλία (Massalía), possibly an Ancient Ligurian toponym or perhaps from Ancient Greek μάσσων (mássōn, “further”) +‎ ἅλς (háls, “sea”), literally “(city) on far end of the sea” cf. Ancient Greek παραλία (paralía).

• IPA^(key): /maʁ.sɛj/

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Marseille m or f

1. Marseille (the capital city of the Bouches-du-Rhône department, France; capital city of the region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur)

   Meronyms: Belsunce, Canebière, Évêché, Frais-Vallon, La Timone, Sormiou

• marseillais, Marseillais, Marseillaise
• La Marseillaise

• massaliote

• mésallier

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• IPA^(key): /maʁˈsɛːj/

Marseille n (proper noun, genitive Marseilles or (optionally with an article) Marseille)

1. Marseille (the capital city of the Bouches-du-Rhône department, France; capital city of the region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur)