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Marseilles
n.
seaport city in France
marseilles
n.
thick cotton fabric with raised designs (used in making bedspreads and drapes)
Marseille
Marseille (
English ; ,
locally: ; ), also known as
Marseilles in English, is a city in
France. The capital of its
department of
Bouches-du-Rhône and
region of
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Marseille is located on France's south coast and is the
second largest city in France, after
Paris, with a population of 852,516 (January 2012) on a land area of . It is the 3rd-largest
metropolitan area in France after Paris and Lyon, with a population of 1,831,500 at the January 2011 census.
Marseilles
Noun
1. a port city in southeastern France on the Mediterranean
(synonym) Marseille
(hypernym) city, metropolis, urban center
(part-holonym) France, French Republic
Marseilles
(n.)
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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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