Belleville

English

Etymology

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

Belleville (countable and uncountable, plural Bellevilles)

1. A surname.
2. A neighborhood of Bouaké, Gbêke, Vallée du Bandama district, Ivory Coast.
3. A village in Haut-Sassandra, Sassandra-Marahoué district, Ivory Coast.
5. A neighborhood of Paris, France.
7. A commune of Meurthe-et-Moselle department, Grand Est, France.
9. A former commune of Deux-Sèvres department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France, since 2018 part of the commune of Plaine-d'Argenson.
11. A former commune of Rhône department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, since 2019 part of the commune of Belleville-en-Beaujolais.
12. A community in Ireland.
13. A community in New Brunswick, Canada.
14. A community in Nova Scotia, Canada.
15. A city, the county seat of Hastings County, Ontario, Canada.
16. A number of places in the United States:
    1. A town in Yell County, Arkansas.
    2. A ghost town in California.
    3. A city, the county seat of St. Clair County, Illinois.
    4. A small city, the county seat of Republic County, Kansas.
    5. A city in Michigan.
    6. A ghost town in Nevada.
    7. A township in New Jersey.
    8. A hamlet and census-designated place in New York.
    9. A census-designated place in Pennsylvania.
    10. An unincorporated community in West Virginia, also named Belville.
    11. A village in Wisconsin.

Derived terms

• Belleville boiler
• Belleville washer