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Belleville

  • /ˈbɛlˌvɪl/
  • /ˈbɛlvəl/
  • /ˌbɛlˈvil/

Where it comes from

From Belle + -ville.

* (French commune): From French Belleville, derived from belle vue (“beautiful view”).

* (neighbourhood of Paris): From French Belleville, literally “beautiful town”.

* (city in Ontario): Renamed in honour of Lady Annabella Gore after an 1816 visit with her husband, Francis Gore.

proper noun Bellevilles

  1. countable, uncountable A surname.
  2. countable, uncountable A neighborhood of Bouaké, Gbêke, Vallée du Bandama district, Ivory Coast.
  3. countable, uncountable A village in Haut-Sassandra, Sassandra-Marahoué district, Ivory Coast.
  4. countable, uncountable A neighborhood of Paris, France.
  5. countable, uncountable A commune in Meurthe-et-Moselle department, Grand Est, France.
  6. countable, uncountable A former commune in Deux-Sèvres department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France, since 2018 part of the commune of Plaine-d'Argenson.
  7. countable, uncountable A former commune in Rhône department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, since 2019 part of the commune of Belleville-en-Beaujolais.
  8. countable, uncountable A community in Ireland.
  9. countable, uncountable A community in New Brunswick, Canada.
  10. countable, uncountable A community in Nova Scotia, Canada.
  11. countable, uncountable A city, the county seat of Hastings County, Ontario, Canada.
  12. countable, uncountable A town in Yell County, Arkansas.
  13. countable, uncountable A ghost town in San Bernardino County, California.
  14. countable, uncountable A city, the county seat of St. Clair County, Illinois.
  15. countable, uncountable A small city, the county seat of Republic County, Kansas.
  16. countable, uncountable A city in Wayne County, Michigan.
  17. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Jasper County, Missouri.
  18. countable, uncountable A ghost town in Mineral County, Nevada.
  19. countable, uncountable A township in Essex County, New Jersey.
  20. countable, uncountable A hamlet and census-designated place in the town of Ellisburg, Jefferson County, New York.
  21. countable, uncountable A census-designated place in Mifflin County, Pennsylvania.
  22. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Lincoln County, Tennessee.
  23. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in the city of Suffolk, Virginia.
  24. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Wood County, West Virginia, also spelt Belville.
  25. countable, uncountable A village in Dane County and Green County, Wisconsin.

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"Belleville." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/belleville. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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Belleville. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/belleville

Chicago

"Belleville." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/belleville.

BibTeX
@misc{belleville_2026,
  title = {Belleville},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/belleville},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}