Marseille
English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
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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Etymology 2[edit]
Borrowed from French Marseille. This surname is mostly found in Haiti.
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Marseille (plural Marseilles)
- A surname from French.
Statistics[edit]
- 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.
Further reading[edit]
- 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.
Czech[edit]
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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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Further reading[edit]
- Marseille in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
- Marseille in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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)
- English terms borrowed from French
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- English terms derived from Ancient Greek
- English terms derived from Ancient Ligurian
- English terms derived from Arabic
- English terms derived from the Arabic root ر س و
- English 2-syllable words
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- en:Cities in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
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- en:Places in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
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- English surnames from French
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- cs:Cities in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
- cs:Regional capitals of France
- cs:Places in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
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- French terms inherited from Latin
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- French terms derived from Ancient Greek
- French terms derived from Ancient Ligurian
- French 2-syllable words
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- fr:Cities in France
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- fr:Places in France
- fr:Cities in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
- fr:Regional capitals of France
- fr:Places in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
- German terms with audio links
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- de:Marseille
- de:Cities in France
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- de:Cities in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
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- de:Places in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur