MARSEILLES

Marseille, Marseilles

(noun) a port city in southeastern France on the Mediterranean

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Proper noun

Marseilles

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

Noun

Marseilles (uncountable)

A kind of fabric made from two series of threads interlacing each other, thus forming a double cloth, quilted in the loom.

Source: Wiktionary


Mar*seilles", n.

Definition: A general term for certain kinds of fabrics, which are formed of two series of threads interlacing each other, thus forming double cloth, quilted in the loom; -- so named because first made in Marseilles, France.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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