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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Probably from a pre-Latin language of Italy, perhaps Ancient Ligurian mas (“spring”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mas.sa.lí.aː/ → /mas.saˈli.a/ → /ma.saˈli.a/
Proper noun
Μασσᾰλίᾱ • (Massalíā) f (genitive Μασσᾰλίᾱς); first declension
- Massalia (ancient Greek city and colony in modern southern France; modern Marseille)
Inflection
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Descendants
Further reading
- “Μασσαλία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Μασσαλία”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,016
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Μασσαλία (Massalía), perhaps from Ancient Ligurian mas (“spring”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ma.saˈli.a/
- Hyphenation: Μα‧σσα‧λί‧α
Proper noun
Μασσαλία • (Massalía) f
- Marseille (the capital city of the Bouches-du-Rhône department, France; capital city of the region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur)
Declension
Μασσαλία
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nominative
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genitive
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Μασσαλίας •
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accusative
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vocative
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Derived terms
- Μαρσεγιέζα m (Marsegiéza, “female from Marseille”, colloquial)
- Μαρσεγιέζος m (Marsegiézos, “male from Marseille”, colloquial)
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