marseilles
[mahr-seylz]
noun
a thick cotton fabric woven in figures or stripes with an embossed effect, chiefly for bedspreads and other coverings.
Nearby words
- marsalis, wynton,
- marsanne,
- marse,
- marseillaise,
- marseille,
- marsellaise,
- marsh,
- marsh andromeda,
- marsh buck,
- marsh buggy
Origin of marseilles
First recorded in 1755–65; after Marseilles
Marseilles
[mahr-sey]
noun
French Mar·seille [mar-se-yuh] /marˈsɛ yə/.
Bouches-du-Rhône
[boosh-dy-rohn]
noun
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Bouches-du-Rhône
noun
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Marseilles
city in southern France, from French Marseille, ultimately from Greek Massilia, probably from a pre-Latin language of Italy, perhaps Ligurian mas "spring."
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Marseilles
[(mahr-say)]
City in southeastern France on the Mediterranean Sea; the second-largest city in France, after Paris, and its main seaport.
Note
“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.
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