Marseille

• IPA^(key): /mɑː(ɹ)ˈseɪ/, /mɑː(ɹ)ˈseɪl/
• Rhymes: -eɪ

Borrowed from French Marseille. This surname is mostly found in Haiti.

Marseille (plural Marseilles)

1. A surname from French.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Marseille is the 34758^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 650 individuals. Marseille is most common among Black/African American (90.46%) individuals.

Marseille

1. Alternative spelling of Marseilles, the capital city of the Bouches-du-Rhône department, France; capital city of the region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.

• 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.

• IPA^(key): [ˈmarsɛj]

Marseille f

1. Marseilles (the capital city of the Bouches-du-Rhône department, France; capital city of the region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur)

• marseillský
• Marseillan

• Marseille in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
• Marseille in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

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”, i.e. “(city) on far end of the sea” cf. Ancient Greek παραλία (paralía).

• IPA^(key): /maʁ.sɛj/

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Marseille ?

1. Marseilles (the capital city of the Bouches-du-Rhône department, France; capital city of the region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur)

   Meronyms: Belsunce, Frais-Vallon, La Timone

• marseillais, Marseillais, Marseillaise
• La Marseillaise

• mésallier

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• IPA^(key): /maʁˈsɛːj/

Marseille n (proper noun, genitive Marseilles or (optionally with an article) Marseille)

1. Marseilles (the capital city of the Bouches-du-Rhône department, France; capital city of the region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur)