Marseille

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Etymology 1

From French Marseille (supplanting earlier Marseilles, derived from the Old French nominative form), from Latin Massilia, Marsilia, from Ancient Greek Μασσαλία (Massalía), probably from a pre-Latin language of Italy, perhaps Ancient Ligurian mas (“spring”). The r was probably retained from Arabic مَرْسَى (marsā, “harbor”).

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Marseille

  2. 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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Etymology 2

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

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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.

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Proper noun

Marseille f (related adjective marseilleský or marseillský, demonym Marseillan, female demonym Marseillanka)

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

Declension

Declension of Marseille (sg-only soft feminine)
singular
nominative Marseille
genitive Marseille
dative Marseilli
accusative Marseilli
vocative Marseille
locative Marseilli
instrumental Marseillí

Further reading

  • Marseille in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
  • Marseille in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

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

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  • IPA(key): /maʁ.sɛj/
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Proper noun

Marseille m or f

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

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

  1. Marseille (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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