Marseille
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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
- 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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Borrowed from French Marseille. This surname is mostly found in Haiti.
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Marseille (plural Marseilles)
- A surname from French.
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- 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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- Marseille, Marseilles at Google Ngram Viewer
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Marseille”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 522.
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Marseille f (related adjective marseilleský or marseillský, demonym Marseillan, female demonym Marseillanka)
- 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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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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Marseille m or f
- 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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Marseille n (proper noun, genitive Marseilles or (optionally with an article) Marseille)
- Marseille (the capital city of the Bouches-du-Rhône department, France; capital city of the region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur)