Marseilles

Meaning

1. Alternative spelling of Marseille: the capital city of Bouches-du-Rhône department, France; the capital city of the region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.
2. A kind of fabric made from two series of threads interlacing each other, thus forming a double cloth, quilted in the loom.
3. A city in LaSalle County, in northern Illinois, United States.

Etymology / origin

From Old French Marseilles (nominative of Marseille), from Latin Massilia, Marsilia, from Ancient Greek Μασσαλία (Massalía), probably from a pre-Latin language of Italy, perhaps Ancient Ligurian mas (“spring”).

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