Marseille
English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed from French Marseille. This surname is mostly found in Haiti.
Proper noun
Marseille (plural Marseilles)
- 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
- 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
- Marseille, Marseilles at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Marseille”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 522.
Czech
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Marseille f
- 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
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
Proper noun
Marseille ?
- 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)
- Marseilles (the capital city of the Bouches-du-Rhône department, France; capital city of the region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur)
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