Marseille

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English

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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

Proper noun

Marseille (plural Marseilles)

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

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Marseille

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

Further reading


Czech

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Marseille f

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

Derived terms

Further reading


French

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Etymology

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”, i.e. “(city) on far end of the sea” cf. Ancient Greek παραλία (paralía).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maʁ.sɛj/
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Proper noun

Marseille ?

  1. Marseilles (the capital city of the Bouches-du-Rhône department, France; capital city of the region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur)
    Meronyms: Belsunce, Frais-Vallon, La Timone

Derived terms

Anagrams


German

Pronunciation

Proper noun

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

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