Marseilles

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Marseilles

/mɑː(ɹ)ˈseɪ/
/mɑː(ɹ)ˈseɪlz/ dated, standard

Rhymes with -eɪ, -eɪlz

Where it comes from

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”).

proper noun

alternative 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. We see documentary footage (the trudging homeless) and an animated map—an inky line movies from Paris to Marseilles, from there to Oran, and finally to Casablanca, where the lucky ones escape via Lisbon and the rest “wait…and wait…and wait.”
A city in LaSalle County, in northern Illinois, United States.

noun

uncountable A kind of fabric made from two series of threads interlacing each other, thus forming a double cloth, quilted in the loom.

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@misc{marseilles_2026,
  title = {Marseilles},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/marseilles},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}