marseilles

¹

[ mahr-seylz ]

noun

1. a thick cotton fabric woven in figures or stripes with an embossed effect, chiefly for bedspreads and other coverings.

Marseilles

²

[ mahr-sey ]

noun

1. a seaport in and the capital of Bouches-du-Rhône department, in SE France.

Marseilles

1. City in southeastern France on the Mediterranean Sea ; the second-largest city in France, after Paris , and its main seaport.

Notes

“ The Marseillaise ,” France's national anthem, is so named because it was a martial song popular with soldiers from Marseilles, who sang it upon entering Paris in 1792.

Word History and Origins

Origin of marseilles¹

First recorded in 1755–65; after Marseilles